Success is not a zero-sum game

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

In game theory and economic theory, zero-sum describes a situation in which one person’s gain is exactly balanced by another person’s loss. In games like chess, one person wins and the other loses. The win (+1) added to the loss (-1) equals zero. Life in the business world at times feels like a zero-sum game. [...]

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Lift others

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

The best thing you can do to elevate yourself is to lift others: lift their spirit with a kind word, lift their hope with a positive reaction, lift their burden by helping them in times of need. The act of lifting others causes you to feel better and to improve. Yesterday my friend Todd sent [...]

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Effective leadership

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

This week’s posts on Lead on Purpose have been highly influenced by Steve Farber and his work in leadership. I had the honor of interviewing Steve on the Product Management Pulse yesterday. The conversation focuses on two areas: Extreme Leadership (“otherwise known as ‘real’ leadership”) and its odd mixture of fear and exhilaration. If the [...]

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Book Review: Greater Than Yourself

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

“The real pay-off comes in the giving of the knowledge, not the keeping of it.” The long-standing saying ‘knowledge is power’ has been used in many contexts. According to Steve Farber — author of GREATER THAN YOURSELF: The Ultimate Lesson of True Leadership — the only way for knowledge to truly lead to power in [...]

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The LOVE of leadership: Value

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

As discussed in a previous post, the practice of love in the context of leadership is both powerful and necessary. Steve Farber describes this clearly in his audio book Extreme Leadership: In Pursuit of the OS!M. What does it mean to love the people you lead? My definition for the acronym LOVE embodies the actions [...]

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The LOVE of leadership: Observe

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

As discussed in a previous post, it might make some uncomfortable to use the word ‘love’ in the context of leadership. However, the practice of love in the context of leadership is both powerful and necessary. Steve Farber describes this clearly in his audio book Extreme Leadership: In Pursuit of the OS!M. What does it [...]

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The LOVE of leadership

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Michael Ray Hopkin

The English word ‘love’ has at least four different meanings: strong affection, warm attachment, attraction based on sexual feelings and a score of zero in tennis. Compared to many other languages, the English word ‘love’ is passive. The Greek word agapé (noun) describes a more unconditional love rooted in behavior toward others without regard to [...]

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