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If Not Now, When?
The fourth in a series of blog posts appealing, beseeching, imploring YOU to design a written life plan for the coming year! Life happens. Time…
December 30, 2010
Excuse Me! Your Life is Waiting!
Third in a series of blog posts urging, begging, pleading with you to turbo-charge your existence with a WRITTEN life plan for the coming year! I think…
December 29, 2010
Calculated Risk
A calculated risk is a course of action undertaken after carefully considering all possible outcomes, preparing appropriately for each, and deciding that the potential upside…
December 23, 2010
Reprogramming the Procrastinator Personality
All of us are busy and some things just don’t get done. That is not necessarily procrastination. Procrastination is when you put off doing stuff…
December 22, 2010
Asking Effective Questions
Not all questions are created equal. An effective question is one that is – Open ended (difficult to answer yes or no), and – Requires…
December 21, 2010
Wisdom on the Fly
I find quotations valuable because they can encapsulate wisdom. Life’s challenge is to DO as well as we KNOW; in the critical moment of decision…
December 20, 2010
Dealing with Business Risk
Real estate development (versus acquisition of existing rental communities) is a major part of what I do. There is out there the saw that real…
December 16, 2010
Live Long and Prosper: Your Choice
A Swedish study of identical twins separated at birth and reared apart found that genes accounted for only 20 to 30 percent of a long…
December 15, 2010
Personal Power vs. Positional Power
Power may be thought of as either positional or personal. Positional power is external to you. It is your important job title, the thick wad…
December 14, 2010
Written Communication Skills: The Importance of Simplicity
Communication is key to gaining support for an idea or project. The ability to summarize succinctly, to get core concepts across quickly is vital. Think…
December 13, 2010
The Social Contract
While driving down the street the other day, I heard an ambulance siren behind me so I pulled over to allow it to pass. In…
December 9, 2010
Style vs. Substance: Art of the Skillful Skeptic
Can style really trump substance? Can a confident smooth talker gain our trust more easily than a more competent but less-polished speaker? Unfortunately, according to…
December 8, 2010
Memo to My Company
Please, please promise never to do this to our customers! Whenever I experience a mediocre customer service encounter, I think, “How can I learn from…
December 7, 2010
Lean and Hungry
Disque D. Deane passed away November 8, 2010, at age 89. Deane, a shrewd real estate investor who once controlled the GM Building on New…
December 6, 2010
A Nation of Sheep?
WARNING: This is a populist, patriotic “Live Free or Die” posting, a departure from my norm of personal leadership, containing Founding Fathers, Tea Party-style thoughts,…
December 3, 2010
Over Treated
Recently, I read an excellent book by Shannon Brownlee, “Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer.” Its thesis is that America…
December 2, 2010
What Don’t You Want to Think About?
Avoidance is simply a way of coping by not coping, dodging uncomfortable situations, evading discombobulating challenges. There is great temptation to sidestep things that upset…
December 1, 2010