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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, 2011Complete Post List
Complete List of Blog Posts by Nathan S. Collier 1131 ) Count Your Blessings! 1130 ) Give Up Your Suffering 1129 ) Are You Willing…
November 5, 2007How We Respond to Adversity Can Create Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
How do you view setbacks? As learning opportunity or as failure? Do you view your capabilities as fixed, somewhat set at birth, essentially carved in…
February 8, 2018The Scientific Method: Beliefs vs. Verifiable Facts
How do we know what is true? How do we resolve our doubts? In the physical world, we use the scientific method. At its most…
February 1, 2010Your Actions Tell the True Story
I was struggling with a performance situation once and a therapist told me “Listen to the Behavior.” That was a powerful insight for me in…
April 18, 2024“Let He Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone”
(Hyper-Scrutiny (Hypocritical?) Serves No One. Drives Good, Capable People From Public Service.) WASHINGTON — 2/3/09 (New York Times) “The abrupt collapse of Tom Daschle’s cabinet…
February 4, 2009Healthy Skepticism: Applying a bit of Kentucky Windage!
Kentucky Windage is a term from the American frontier. It refers to making an allowance for the wind when shooting, aiming slightly to the left…
April 3, 2008“The Power of Unreasonable People”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on…
September 8, 2008No Slackers, Downers, or Jerks Need Apply
How nasty, incompetent, or lazy employees do damage far in excess of their number. Slacker: A person who shirks work or responsibility and withholds…
November 15, 2011What is Your Coping Mechanism?
How do you handle stress? What do you do when it all piles up and you need to relax, kick back, escape, recharge? Exercise? Unwind…
May 16, 2011