most popular articles

I have organized many of my my popular articles within the following categories; all pieces are available on this site:

Self-Awareness

Authenticity

Social Media

Newsletters

Mountain Minute issues

• What Comes First?

• Feed Your Elephant First

• This AI Makes Hiring and Firing Decisions

• Sell Your Talent, Not Your Time

• Honesty without Compassion Is Cruelty

• I Help Givers Succeed on Social Media

• Achieving the Impossible

• Kind in Person

• Embrace the Altruistic Echo

• We Rarely Do This

• Be Ridiculously Likable

This list is incomplete; I have published over 200 issues. The above ones are most recent; the ones below are a few years old…

• To Accelerate Your Career, Think Like an Entrepreneur

• Are You Willing to Speak Up to Make Things Better?

• Why Most People Can't Even Imagine What They Really Want

• Do You Love New Ideas As Much As I Do? (I Hope So)

• Feel More, Think Less

• Which of These Two Lives Would You Choose?

• Never Underestimate the Rewards of Being Generous

• If You Step Back and Stop Thinking, You Will Come Up with Better Ideas

• If You Love Someone, Set Them Free

• Even a Lone Wolf Like Me Needs Community

• What Does It Mean to "Go Deeper"​?

• This Quick Test Reveals Whether You Can Think Clearly

• Are Entrepreneurs the Smartest People On the Planet?

• Organic Farm Meets Airbnb

• Most People Are Extremely Interesting (When You Dig Deeper)

• Three Communication Skills Every Entrepreneur Must Have

• Intuition Is More Important Than Ever (Yes, Ever)

• The Day I Found 20 Dog Biscuits in My Sofa

• The Exact Moment I Stopped Lying

• How Many Times Can You Drive Across the Country?

• Every Breath Brings a New You

• How to Spot When You Are Lying to Yourself

• My Best Lessons from a Decade of Ghostwriting

• One Simple Change Can Be Remarkably Rewarding

• Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?

• Be Human, Not Perfect

• This Incredibly Strong Family Proves the Path to Happiness Is Happiness

• Thou Shall Not Brag

• The Golden Question That Reveals The True State of Your Career

• When You Face Your Fears, They Lose Their Power Over You

• Powerful Questions to Help Test If Your Job Is Still Right for You

• What Else Will You Notice Today Besides The Date?

• This Wharton Homework Assignment Can Make Your Career Much More Rewarding

• How Did You Make Out in the Zombie Apocalypse?

• Your Thoughts Can Actually Change Reality

• We Only Love What We Understand

• Why Am I Doing This?

• Want to Grow Your Career? Serve, Don't Sell

• We Are Loved, Guided and Never Alone

• Suddenly, I Feel Amateurish Again

• A Quick Refresher on Why This Newsletter Exists

• "I Am Here to Help"​

• Great News! It's Time to Replace the First Letter in "Despair"​

• When Was the Last Time You Experienced Euphoria?

• Use Your Imagination in the Best Way Possible

• Are You Self-Aware? The Survey Results Are In

• To Lift Your Spirits, Watch Two Sunrises in a Row

• What Are You Willing to Do to Meet Fascinating New People?

• Triple Your Impact By Not Taking Credit

• Your Career Needs An Editor

• Have You Tried Opposite Day Yet?

• We All Share a Desire to Be Seen, Heard, Valued and Understood

• The Secret to Life Is Chasing Joy

• A Very Few Words about the Human Race

• The Soul Wants to Be Revealed, Not Understood

• What Would It Take to Build a 100-Year Company?

• Yikes! A Wildfire On the Edge of Our Town

• We Need a Society That's Better, Not Bigger

• The Meaning of Life, in Three Words

• A 27-Year-Old Warning We Should No Longer Ignore

• A Stunningly Amazing Set of Precisely Incorrect Decisions

• And Then... A Miracle Happens

• Increase Your Impact... by Increasing Your Comfort Zone

• Take an Immersive Dive into the World of Creators

• A Belief in You So Strong, It Survives Even Death

• Whether You Are Too Logical or Too Emotional, the Solution Is the Same

• Use the Theory of Seven to Motivate Others

• This Is How You Figure Out What Really Matters

• The Unexpected Gift of Not Getting What You Want

• 10 Steps to Having a More Positive Influence on Others

• Sell Your Talent, Not Your Time

• Focus On What You Can Do, Instead Of What You Cannot

• What Would You Name a Book Title About The Next 10 Years Of Your Life?

• Always Be Positive Online

• How to Increase Your Influence in a Highly Positive Way

• How Likely Are You to Sense God's Presence?

• How to Become a Better Professional and Human Being

• The Thin Line Between Danger and Exhilaration

• The Power of Limits

• The Choice

• What's Your Personal Goal for This Year?

• Energy Is Everything

• One Great Question Can Change Your Life

• Lessons From West Point: Four Ways To Respond To Challenge And Adversity

• You Are Much More Powerful Than You Imagine

• Repeat After Me, "I Am Incredibly Positive"

• Healthy Societies Operate Like a Seesaw

• How to Stay Calm, No Matter What

• Ask Your CEO, "Does Kindness Equal Weakness?"​

• Have Your Instincts Served You Well?

• Stillness 101: A Quick Guide to Clearing Your Head

• How to Deeply and Fully Understand Another Person

• What Can We Do to Help Each Other?

• Do These Four Words Terrify You?

• How to Break Out of Your Box (Both Mentally As Well As Emotionally)

• The Ten, Make That Nine, Habits of Very Organized People. Make That Ten

• Just Be You

• Who Has a Safety Deposit Box Filled with Money, Six Passports and a Gun?

• It's Time to Combine the Law of Attraction with "Keep Your Nose to the Grindstone"​

• How to Dream Big and Still Take Out the Trash

• It’s Time to Realize That You Are in Show Business

• Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Hero?

• When You Aim Too Low, Everything Gets Harder

• How to Self-Promote (without Being a Jerk)

• Will Social Media Wreck the World or Save It?

• Do You Have a Digital Concussion?

• Need Some Positive News? Look Inside Yourself

• Do Optimists Have Their Heads in the Sand?

• The Moose Who Mistook a Statue for His Friend

• My Dogs Mastered Clarity and Brevity. Have You?

• Can You Be Relentlessly Positive This Week? (Yes, This Week)

• Why Large Companies—and Countries—Act Like Seven-Year-Olds

Books

How to Self-Promote (without Being a Jerk) is available on Amazon as a Kindle title.

Never Tell People What You Do: How to Advance Your Career is available on Amazon as a Kindle title.

I Am, my mindfulness book with Amy Blaschka, is available on Amazon as either a paperback or Kindle edition.

Smart Customers, Stupid Companies: Why Only Intelligent Companies Will Thrive and How To Be One of Them, my book with Michael Hinshaw, is available on Amazon as either a paperback or Kindle edition.

Making It Personal: How To Profit From Personalization Without Invading Privacy—my 2001 book that predicted many of the social and business changes we have experienced in the past two decades—is out of print but often available through Amazon.

Short Stories

My fictional pieces are here.

PHOTOGRAPHY

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TESTIMONIALS

“Bruce asks powerful questions that sometimes stop me in my tracks, making it easier for me to recognize what matters most."

—Brandon Rodman, CEO and co-founder, Previ

“Bruce helps me find the perfect ways to get my messages across. With seeming ease, he repeatedly articulates exactly what I want to say. I'm thrilled with our partnership, which has been productive, fun and full of mutual growth. He's the best!”

— Molly Tschang, Founder & CEO of Abella Consulting

“Bruce has enriched my life in ways I could not have imagined before our leadership coaching partnership began. He has an uncanny understanding of human nature, business success and persuasive communication—he asks insightful questions and is a brilliant interpretive listener—and he weaves together insights, almost magically, to help me become an even better (and more fulfilled) person at work, at home and in my community. I've seen it all as a leadership coach, and I'm beyond grateful that Bruce is mine.”

—Dr. Paul L. Corona, Clinical Professor of Leadership, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

“Bruce is the best pure listener I have ever run into, and I’ve written what may be the top book on listening in the world. I could really learn a lot from him.”

—Dr. Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen

DIGITAL SKETCHES

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IN THE MEDIA

Ask An Expert: Bruce Kasanoff on the Keys to Self-Promotion—All Of It with Alison Stewart on WNYC in New York

Bruce Kasanoff on My Wakeup Call with Mark Goulston—transformational listening.

How to Self-Promote without Being a Jerk—MIT Career Lunch and Learn—This webinar for MIT’s Alumni Association was their most popular ever.

Humans, Not Customers—On The Groundswell Marketing Podcast, host Scott Martin tried to get Bruce to talk about marketing. He failed, but succeeded on many other levels.

Be Human—Bruce’s second appearance on Scott Martin’s Groundswell podcast, and one of his favorite conversations ever.

Sell Your Talent, Not Your Time—CNBC made a video about Bruce’s perspective on this.

How to Get Your Career Unstuck—The BBC shared Bruce’s guidance.

Storytelling for Career Success—Article #1 in Wharton Magazine.

What If Companies Practiced Kindfulness?— Article #2 in Wharton Magazine

The Best Talent Is Bringing Out Talent in Others—Article #3 in Wharton Magazine.

Mountain Minute newsletter (continued)

Be Quiet, Have a Purpose and Make Friends

• The Ten Most Valuable Lessons in My Career

• Choose Your Reality Wisely

• Do NOT Teach a Starving Man to Fish

• Don’t Allow Your Successful Business to Lose Its Heart

• Move Towards the Light, and Bring Others with You

• Change Your Mind, Not Just Your Opinion

• How to Find Meaning in Your Life and Career

• Make a Conscious Decision about Energy You Project

• Self-Awareness is Knowing How Others Perceive You

• Compromise Is a Sign of Intelligence

• Intuition Is the Highest Form of Intelligence

• Why We All Need to Work Two Jobs

• When You Create a Goal, Shape It in Terms of Helping Others

• The Overwhelmingly Important Reason to Show Respect

• How to Help a Terrified Friend or Colleague

• A Better Question Than “Introvert or Extrovert?”

• Manage Your Own Energy, Instead of Other People

• Stop… and Come Back Recharged

• Want Far Better Results? Serve, Don’t Sell

• Three Words That Will Change Your Life and Career

• Friday Fiction: Do Humans Only Work for Money?

• Please Be Especially Kind to Yourself and Others

• Gaining a Deeper Understanding of “We Are All Connected”

• Cherish Each Moment, Beginning Today

• Are You Climbing the Wrong Mountain?

• Please Don’t Expect a Lesson in This Post

• How to Get Great Ideas to Find You

  Half of What You Believe About Intuition Is Wrong

• Be Positive... Especially When Things Are Not Going Well

  Make It Easier for Others to Relate to You

• Create More Than You Consume

• Am I Doing Enough Good?

• 50 Ways to Bring Positive Energy into the World

• The Path to Happiness Hasn’t Changed

• What Does Faith Have to Do with Leadership?

• An Amazing Thing You Can Do, Even Now

• Will You Please Join and Support Daily Creation?

• Working Together, Let’s Achieve 20-20 Clarity in 2020

Articles

I write about how to focus on what matters most. Your answer doesn’t have to be the same as mine… but it’s important that we remember our answers as we move through our daily lives.

Most Popular

• Intuition Is the Highest Form of Intelligence

• Honesty without Compassion Is Cruelty 

• Three Words That Will Transform Your Career

• How to Be Kind

• Never Tell People What You Do

• When You Make a Mess, Have Fun Cleaning It Up

• Do Not Teach a Starving Man to Fish!

• How to Be Ridiculously Positive

• Never Allow Your History Alone to Define You

• How to Stay Calm, No Matter What

• More Ways to Be Ridiculously Likable

• The Quiet You

• Looking for a Job? Sell Your Destiny, Not Your History

• The Most Powerful Habit You Can Imagine

• Be an Engaged, Thoughtful and Kindly Presence

• The Incredible Power of Not Taking Credit

Growth Mindset

• The Worst Thing You Can Do in Your Career

• Your Career Needs Four Engines

• Why You Should Focus on Your Eulogy, Not Your Resume

• You Earn What You Learn

Job Search

• Never Say "Currently Seeking Employment"

• Rule #1: People Hire People They Like

• How to Grab Attention for Your Job Application

• Don't Expect Recruiters to Call You

• Describe Yourself in Six Words or Less

Working Smarter

• The Top 20 Lessons I've Learned in My Career

• Simple Truths Your Boss Won't Tell You

• How to Manage a Jerk Like Me

• A Highly Effective Way to Avoid Wasting Your Time

• How Much Do You Use Your Strengths at Work? 

• Is Tenacity Wrecking Your Career?

Leadership

• How to Get Ordinary People to Be Extraordinary 

• To Lead Change, First YOU Have to Change

• With A Little Initiative, You Could Be A Leader

• How Executives Should Communicate Online

• Management Tip: Profits Before People

• How to Foster Talent: Praise, Raise and Amaze 

• Why It Is So Hard To Bring Out Talent In Others

• Never Pat a Female Entrepreneur on the Head

• Why Business Is Like a "Gone Girl" Novel

• How to Sell Anything to Anybody

Life

• How to Inspire the Next Generation

• How Do YOU Bring Out Talent in Others?

• Are You Sacrificing Your Kids for Your Career? 

• Why You Are Smarter on the Weekend

• The Best Talent Is Bringing Out Talent in Others

• Three Words That Will Transform Your Career

• Each Day, Grow a Little Bit Wiser and Kinder 

• People Are What Matter Most in Business 

• Your Kindness Will Lead You to Success

• Five Simple Ways to Bring Out the Best in Others 

• Bringing Humanity Back into Business

Self Management

• We Are All Temporary Workers 

• Do You Have Situational Awareness?

• A Dangerous Lack of Empathy Prevails

• Three Powerful Ways to Stop Wasting Time

• Do This When You Are Dangerously Stressed

• Surround Yourself with Big Challenges

• 20 Little Tips For A Big Career And Life

Discovering Your Calling

• How to Find Your Calling

• Sell Your Talent, Not Your Time

• What If Your Passion Doesn't Pay Enough?

• How Great Human Beings Find Their Purpose

• The Best Way to Get More Meaning in Your Life

• How to Focus on the Things That Matter Most

• Choose the Kind of Person You Want to Be

• How to Get a Job That You Absolutely Love

• Need a Weekend Job, to Feed Your Soul?