after action report

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After-Action Report

How to maximize learning from an experience? How to wring out every little bit of knowledge possible of every significant situation or

ItsNotMyJob

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Not My Job vs. 360-Degree Awareness

Every organization has its weaknesses, known failure paths where danger lurks and breakdowns tend to happen. If you have any knowledge of

impossible only in mind

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Impossible is Only in Your Mind

To think a thing impossible is to make it so. On a recent November weekend, four Top 10 football teams fell to

matrix reporting

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Matrix Reporting Relationships Explained (aka Dotted-Line Responsibility)

We live in a complex world. Few things are easy or simple, and if they were, they would already have been done.

love me or love money

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Love Me or Love Money, Not Both?

A recent study of 1,700 couples published in the Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy by Dr. Jason Carroll of Brigham Young

no slakers downers jerks

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No 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

limitless living

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Limitless Living: 100-Year-Old Marathoner Finishes Race

The Wall Street Journal reported that on October 16, 2011, 100-year-old Fauja Singh finished the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. While his 8+ hours

what gets in your way

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What Gets In Your Way?

Presuming – you know what you want in life – you’ve taken the time to think things through – come up with

its the mind that matters

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It’s the Mind That Matters

“Physically, there is not much difference between No. 78 in the world and Nos. 2, 3, 1, and 5,” said Novak Djokovic,

creative dreaming vs magical thinking

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Creative Dreaming vs. Magical Thinking

By creative dreaming, I mean the desire you have to do things in your life with your life, things you are willing

false comfort

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False Comfort: The Allure of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors

Any behavior that creates more problems than it solves is self sabotaging. Too often we yield to the temptation of a temporary

hard work required

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Hard Work Required

“I think he finally got the message that he’s got a lot of talent and he has a lot of ability but