by Michael Devers | Jan 20, 2020 | Goals, Strategy
If every reward was financially based, no one would ever have children. At least not on purpose. This was the point I made to a coaching client after we completed the analysis for a new venture one of his friends planned to launch this year, with the hope that it...
by Michael Devers | Jan 14, 2020 | Crisis Prevention, History
Something didn’t smell right. It was 5:45am and a British Petroleum (BP) employee was driving to work along the North Slope of Alaska near the oilfield town of Prudhoe Bay when he noticed an odd odor overpowering the smell of his heater and his truck. He pulled over...
by Michael Devers | Jan 7, 2020 | Crisis Prevention, History
The tension in Tehran was palpable. It could be felt throughout every sector of the city – from the increased security at the airport all the way down to street vendors selling their wares from push carts. Just hours earlier, a number of would-be assassins had been...
by Michael Devers | May 22, 2019 | Crisis Prevention
My wife has a top-level membership with one of the national fitness clubs and a couple of months ago she overheard other members talking about a membership benefit that was being taken away. It was a benefit that my wife had never used, had never even thought about...
by Michael Devers | May 15, 2019 | Action
I should have written this post over 2 years ago. But I didn’t, so I’m writing it today. Don’t let the fact that you’re late or running behind stop you from doing what you know needs to be done. It’s not too late. Start today. Start right now, before you even finish...