Author: Nathan S. Collier

A yellow sticky note reading “Be Kind” is clipped to a string against a bright pink background, with small paper heart cutouts scattered below, symbolizing kindness, compassion, and positivity.

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Acts of Microkindnesses

One of my favorite mantras is ‘My Resting Face is a Smiling Face’. I find that keeping a smile on my countenance

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Talent is Overrated

While possessing some baseline minimum of talent in one chosen field is in order (I sincerely doubt I would ever be able

Colorful plastic alphabet letters are scattered across a turquoise wooden surface, with a random pile on the left and the words "WORDS HAVE POWER" arranged on the right.

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Casting Spells

“The English word ‘spell’ comes from the Proto-Germanic *spellą, which simply meant ‘to speak’, ‘a story’, or ‘a narrative’. To spell a

A flat vector illustration of a colorful segmented performance gauge with business professionals, highlighting analytics, finance, productivity, and achievement through icons such as a magnifying glass with a growth chart, calculator, coins, laptop, and gold stars.

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The Two-Organizations Problem: How Dysfunctional Communication Creeps In

(This blog draws HEAVILY from a June 26, 2026 Harvard Business Review article by Irina Wolpert, including all quotes) Every organization is

A first-person view of someone standing at the junction of two large painted arrows on pavement, one labeled "HABITS" pointing left and the other "CHANGES" pointing right, symbolizing a choice between staying the same and embracing change.

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Moving Toward, Moving Away

Every now and then it is good to do an internal 360-degree survey, conducting a status check with the variety of emotions,

Hand drawing concept about the disappointment when reality doesn't meet expectations.

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The Upside of the Downside

Disappointment is basically your emotional response to a ‘prediction error’: Reality did not match your expectations and the bigger the gap, the

A top-down view of numerous hardcover books arranged closely together, with their pages fanned open in different directions, creating a textured, overlapping pattern of cream-colored pages and colorful book covers.

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If You REALLY Want Success, Embrace This Competitive Advantage… Even if it is Not Your Original Nature

I frequently ask folks what their preferred learning style is and the answer I most frequently get by far is ‘I like

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Do You have 10 Years Experience or Just 1 Year 10x?

Once a skill becomes instinctive, performance improvement also tends to level off. Without intelligent intervention, we slip into autopilot mode, believing we

A hand holds a four-leaf clover up to the setting sun, with the sunlight shining through its center against a blurred backdrop of trees and a reflective pond.

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Harnessing the Four Horses of Luck

The more we understand the nuances of luck, the better we can utilize what comes our way. Back in 1978, Dr. James

A stylized illustration of a businesswoman walking along a winding road while a giant hand draws the road ahead with a pencil, symbolizing goal-setting, planning, or shaping one's future journey.

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The Arrival Fallacy: ‘When’ is an Illusion

The Arrival Fallacy is a self-deluding fantasy that we will be happy when… we get that promotion, buy that house, move to

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Our Lives, Our Fortunes, And Our Sacred Honor

This July 4th, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we would do well to pause and reflect