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Choiceless Choices

We see the world not as it is but as we are. In life we tend not to choose from the entire

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I Once Left My Christmas Tree Up for 3 Years…

Why you might ask, and I assure you my wife did… repeatedly : ) Well, it helped that it was artificial and

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Consider Increasing Your Error Budget

We all understand, the more at bats opportunities you have, the more hits you can have. A major goal of increasing your

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NSC Commencement Speech to Fall 2025 UF Law Grads

More than 4 decades ago, I sat where you are today, graduating from one of the finest law schools in the country,

6 post-it notes arranged in a star shape. A blue one says "growth mindset", a yellow one says "goal setting", a white one says "personal development", a pink one says "positive thinking", a green one says "good habits", and an orange one says "self discipline"

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Do You Have Akrasia?

Akrasia (ἀκρασία) is from Ancient Greece and refers to a “lack of self-control” or a tendency to “act against one’s better judgment.”

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Deliberate Ignorance aka The Ostrich Effect: Friend or Foe?

We live in an era of incredible access to… Information? Data? Misinformation? We are ceaselessly bombarded, messaged constantly… often with meaningless content

The image shows a large crowd of identical gray human-shaped figures standing in uniform rows. From this crowd, one figure—colored bright yellow—steps forward, breaking away from the uniform line. The yellow figure appears to be walking confidently out of the mass of gray figures, symbolizing individuality, leadership, boldness, or standing out from the crowd.

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Boldness is a Force Multiplier

Boldness opens doors that stay closed to the timid or tentative and converts possibility into reality, breaks the grip of fear. Boldness

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Your Life Is Your Delivery System

Every day you ship a product called You: your energy, clarity, focus, presence, and standards. The question becomes: how reliable is your

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The Joyous Release of Measured Caring

I care. I care deeply about delivering quality to my Customers, service excellence day in and day out. I want to be

The path is interrupted by uncertainty. Uncertainty, threat and danger. Resolve the problem before continuing your journey. Bring a gap.

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The Positive Power of Negative Capability

Negative capability is the capacity to tolerate ambiguity and contradiction—to dwell in not-knowing—without rushing to impose logic, closure, or certainty. It’s an

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The Allure of Pseudo-Problems

Pseudo-Problems are distractions or side issues to the real challenge, but they are often less frightening. Confronting the true Goliath before us

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Opening Minds; Side Stepping the ‘Backfire Effect’

If you want to change someone’s mind, their mind must be open to change and, as much as we humans like to