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Expect The Best. Inspect for What You Expect.

You do not get what you expect, you get what you inspect. What gets measured gets done. What you choose to inspect

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Focusing Effect

Focusing effect simply means nothing in life is as important as we think it is while we are thinking about it. Focusing

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Do Not Block the Many Because of the Few

For the most part, I am blessed with excellent team members, associates, and partners. Their creativity, innovation, resourcefulness, and imagination are wonderful

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Whole Hearted People

Dr. Brené Brown was a TED* speaker on the power of vulnerability. She also is the author of “The Gifts of Imperfection:

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If There Is Nothing To Do, Do Nothing

One wintery day almost a decade and half ago, I was walking along the frozen Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, having a

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Avoiding Path Dependence: Just How Smart Are You?

Path dependence is when we allow ourselves to be locked into future decisions based on a commitment (emotional, financial, etc.) to decisions

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Words Matter

An experiment in diagnosis bias* was once conducted at MIT. A class had just been seated when a college representative walked in

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Stretch Goals

“Stretch goal” is a phrase popularized by Jack Welch, the highly-regarded former CEO of General Electric (G.E.). Stretch goals are those that

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Rules: For the Guidance of the Wise

Thesis: Rules are for the guidance of the wise and the blind obedience of fools. Rules are funny things. You need them,

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In Praise of Incremental Failure

Many of us are afraid of failure. Yet there are certain kinds of “failure” that can be beneficial. I’m defining incremental failure

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Opportunity Costs: The Road Not Taken

Every action has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is – the cost, the sacrifice made, in choosing one mutually-exclusive option over another

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The Peace of Self-Compassion vs. The Fear of Self-Indulgence

Self-compassion is how kindly you treat yourself, how gentle you are in evaluating yourself. Is your self-talk considerate? Do you give yourself