Bad Girl, Good Business

Loving Cups (How to Win Awards)

Reading Time: 3 minutes “You like me…you really like me!” That’s what Sally Fields said when she accepted her 1984 Oscar for Places in the Heart. (See below for some  facts about the science of positive feedback.) I won two awards this year, and it made me feel pretty damned proud (although I didn’t have an opportunity to deliver […]

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Want a trophy?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Movie awards season begins tonight, with the Golden Globes We love our trophies. Badges and certificates and medals too. They’ve been around since ancient times. After battle, sometimes the winner took body parts as trophies. Ick! Glad that tradition ultimately evolved into the lucite embedded desk accessory in corporate life. This Harvard study indicates that winning […]

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