The Morning Star Self-Management Institute recently talked with Rick Lewis, professional misbehaver, entertainer, speaker and author. He shares some serious and thoughtful observations about Intelligent Misbehavior, Self-Management, and the salience of full engagement.

Psychology Provides a Powerful Key to Successful Communication

A self-managed work environment demands open and authentic communication.  When individuals need help from others, communication is request-not-command, since people in such a workplace only manage themselves, not others.  For a request to be effective, it stands to reason that the request should be delivered in a respectful manner designed to elicit a positive response.

Why does it seem that people hate paying taxes?  Taxes are a pretty divisive issue politically, at least here in the United States; some think taxes should be higher, some that they should be lower.  But I've never met anyone who was excited about paying taxes.  Why?

A few years ago I was convinced that I wanted to be a business school professor.  I spent a lot of time researching various PhD programs; met a lot of professors (most of them are pretty incredible, creative people); read a mountain of academic literature (I still like reading research articles); and even went so far as to take the GMAT (the required admission exam).