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Deep Work: Superpower of Success
“Deep Work” is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task; in contrast to “Shallow Work”: the routine work, everyday tasks that…
February 27, 2020
Embracing MFD
MFD stands for “Mostly Fine Decision” and means what is the minimum outcome that is satisfactory, that you would be fine with? MFD is designed…
February 25, 2020
Choosing The Road Less Comfortable
A life of severe abstinence can be as destructive to the soul as a life of excessive indulgence. As always, it is the Middle Way…
February 20, 2020
Failure: Stepping Stone to Success?
Can failure be a GOOD thing? Yes, certainly, but with caveats! Demanding perfection is a prescription for paralysis and the only way to never fail…
February 18, 2020
Good Failure; Bad Failure
How can failure be good? The answer lies in the distinction between Good Failure and Bad Failure: – Good Failure comes from a “Good Heart/Awake…
February 13, 2020
Embrace Your Role As a Beacon
Every action teaches the belief system that motivated it. Like it or not, we are all role models, we are on show 24/7. Every day,…
February 11, 2020
Please Don’t Take This Literally
“You can do anything you put your mind to” is an often repeated, well-meaning, bit of encouragement. While generally spoken with the best of intentions,…
February 6, 2020
A Popular Bit of Advice…That is Occasionally Out and Out Wrong
Never Give Up Folks, I’m about as driven as they come, stubborn and head strong. And yet… I’ve learned that there are many paths to…
February 4, 2020
Words that Guide My Soul
Even the best of us have our off days; days when we choose to see slights in what is often merely the absent mindedness of…
January 30, 2020
Six Decision Traps that have Killed
The following are six decision mistakes (traps) that smart people have made that lead to avalanche deaths: Social Facilitation: Once a behavior is established as…
January 28, 2020
Kind Learning v. Wicked Learning Environments
Kind learning environments are those where the rules are relatively simple, known, and there is close relationship between effort and outcome, action and results. Most…
January 23, 2020