Tag Archive for: good to great

When Too Much Optimism Is Bad; Learning to Expect the Worst; Stockdale Paradox

Almost everyone I meet lately in both the mortgage and real estate industries is riding an unprecedented wave of success. They invariably have unbridled optimism that is often coupled with […]Read More

Ego, Hubris, Hot Markets, & WAMU’s Collapse

I don’t share this often but I used to play in a summertime three-on-three basketball league with Steph Curry and LeBron James (they were my teammates). We not only went […]Read More

Must Find Your Hedgehog Concept – Where Passion, Skills, & Profits Meet

There is a famous metaphor in management training known as the Hedgehog Concept. Jim Collins talks about it in his book “Good to Great.” Hedgehogs are great at one thing […]Read More