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An Easy Way to Avoid Learning
An Easy Way to Avoid Learning
Want to avoid learning? Want to ignore the lessons? Then find the inevitable exception and cling to it! Argue passionately! Vehemently! As a leader, I…
July 28, 2011
We do these things because…
We do these things because they are the right thing to do. And because we know no other way. I am obsessive about neat and…
July 27, 2011
Attitudes are Contagious
Whether or not we realize it, we spend most of our lives on one stage or another. We are always under observation. Our behaviors, speech,…
July 26, 2011
Less Stress, More Success
Stress is not an event but rather a learned, perhaps even a chosen, reaction to an event. Or even just its possibility. Telling a person…
July 25, 2011
The Pros Make it Look Easy: On The Importance of Doing a Great Job AND Looking Great While You Do It
Did you ever notice how Olympic gymnasts often smile at key moments as they execute those difficult maneuvers? I sincerely doubt that it is because…
July 21, 2011
Fostering The Hardy Personality
The hardy personality is one that can experience situations others would consider stressful, yet still remain calm and function at a high level. Three common…
July 20, 2011
Listen to the Behavior
I got some great advice a while back from a wise colleague. I was bewildered by a situation, a relationship, that just didn’t make sense.…
July 19, 2011
The Power of the Ask
The tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is in Chicago, and since its construction in 1973 it was known as the Sears Tower. In 2009,…
July 18, 2011
…A Time to Fold ‘Em
Winners DO quit. They just quit rarely, selectively, intelligently, and for the right reasons. There is even scientific terminology to cover the topic: “Practicing Selective…
July 14, 2011
10 Minutes to Change
How can anyone change in 10 minutes? Change is hard work and takes time, right? Truth is, we change when we want to and not…
July 13, 2011
There Is a Reason To Do Every Deal…
There is a reason to do every deal. And there is a reason NOT to do every deal. I do real estate deals. No deals?…
July 12, 2011
No Moseyers Need Apply
Mosey: (verb) def.: To move at a slow, leisurely pace. Moseyers is a made-up word to refer to a person who habitually moves at a…
July 11, 2011
“There is a tide in the affairs of men…”
“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life…
July 7, 2011
Harvest Joy, Harvest Miracles
Life is full of both joys and problems. When I focus my attention on the joys, the small good things that happen daily—the cheerful greeting,…
July 6, 2011
The Grass is Always Greener
Oh, we humans! We are soooooo predictably irrational. We keep making the same mistakes over and over. It would be funny if it were not…
July 5, 2011