Making your first time count, every time.

Allison Shields’ “Elevating the Elevator Speech” at Lawyerist.com. An elevator speech, like a cover letter for job seekers or a slogan for law firms, is most conspicuous when it’s bad. Rather than engaging your interlocutor, it makes them want...

Too busy to be productive? No you’re not.

Robert Pozen’s “Managing Yourself: Extreme Productivity” in The Magazine at the Harvard Business Review. Yeah, I know, not everyone will carry a flashlight in her briefcase so she can read in a dimly lit taxi. Or shower, shave, and dress in 15...