When I train for a marathon, there is a 16 weeks of training programme I must follow at the least. The training programme is crafted with care. It has dimensions that make my performance better, such as, mileage, hills, strength training etc. Over the 16 weeks I must turn up again and again and whilst I may say, "I am training" what I am really doing is developing. Developing stamina, strength...

You want to make a change happen. You tell a story of why the change is required to your boss. Your boss listens to you and says,"why did we not make this change happen 3 years ago?" You feel your communication has failed. However, you only feel that way when you are communicating for acknowledgement and not for making the change happen. You are successful, in-fact very successful in...