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Four Ways to Make it Easy for Luck to Find You
Four Ways to Make it Easy for Luck to Find You
#1 Be open and flexible, seize serendipity: Deliberately add variety to your life, be approachable, stay open to chance opportunities. Unlucky people restrict their thinking…
October 31, 2013
On the Downside of “Following (Mindlessly) Your Passion”
Successful people frequently advise others to do as they have and “follow your passion.” It sounds like great advice… BUT cartoonist Scott Adams of Dilbert…
October 29, 2013
Three Reasons to Beware the Advice of Successful People
Why? 1. Truth be told, many highly successful people are so busy doing WHAT they do best that they do not truly know or understand…
October 24, 2013
The Problem with Problem Solving
The problem with problem solving is that it is focused to taking action to make something go away, e.g. the problem. While this is all…
October 22, 2013
The Farther Reaches of Human Nature
Abraham Maslow is famous for his hierarchy of human needs known as Maslow’s pyramid. While these needs exist in every role we have in life…
October 17, 2013
Do You Believe it is Possible to Overcome the Past?
“Do you believe it is possible to overcome the past?” is a question Ohio asks prisoners coming up for parole. An attempt to use software…
October 17, 2013
Embracing Temporary Failure
Acquiring new skills often requires a learning curve, a time when it is very normal to make “mistakes” as the new behavior is internalized and…
October 15, 2013
The “I Need” Syndrome
To every boss, it sometimes seems like there is a line outside their door of people wanting resources: “I need this. I need that.” What…
October 15, 2013
Titles Don’t Make a Leader, Six Principles of Leadership That Do
– “Trustworthiness, Transparency and Openness” Leadership is about communication, communication, communication. Often, the biggest problem with communication is the illusion it just occurred. We assume…
October 10, 2013
On the Importance of Being a Good Bad Loser
Some call Alex Ferguson the greatest coach in history. Never heard of him? That is because you are not a soccer fan; over 26 seasons,…
October 8, 2013
The Joy of Satisficing
Satisficing is a combination of the words satisfy and suffice. Satisficing is a decision-making tool that refers to being content with finding a satisfactory solution.…
October 3, 2013
The Little Big Difference
What are the “little” differences that make a BIG difference? Differences of attitude, of approach? John Burke, CEO of Trek Bicycle in Waterloo, Wisconsin, tells …
October 1, 2013