Foreword

As a former university professor and now as a full-time speaker, executive leadership coach, and author, I’m always telling my students and clients there are only two ways to learn: T&E or OPE. Trial and Error or Other People’s Experience.

This book is all about OPE. In other words, you get to learn what works and doesn’t work by learning from the trials and triumphs of others. You get to learn, firsthand, whether or not Am I Doing This Right? when it comes to your own life and career.

You see, the most successful people, professionally and personally, are keenly tuned into OPE. They know life is too short and the cost is too high to rely solely on T&E. They can’t afford to keep on making mistakes, failing unnecessarily, and hope to ...

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