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“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift”

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. – Steve Prefontaine How good do we have to be?

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Nicole Kidman: “Waste Not, Want Not”

When I was growing up we didn’t have much money, so phrases such as “a penny saved is a penny earned” and

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If Not Now, When?

The fourth in a series of blog posts appealing, beseeching, imploring YOU to design a written life plan for the coming year!

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Excuse Me! Your Life is Waiting!

Third in a series of blog posts urging, begging, pleading with you to turbo-charge your existence with a WRITTEN life plan for

calculated risk

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Calculated Risk

A calculated risk is a course of action undertaken after carefully considering all possible outcomes, preparing appropriately for each, and deciding that

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Reprogramming the Procrastinator Personality

All of us are busy and some things just don’t get done. That is not necessarily procrastination. Procrastination is when you put

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Asking Effective Questions

Not all questions are created equal. An effective question is one that is – Open ended (difficult to answer yes or no),

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Wisdom on the Fly

I find quotations valuable because they can encapsulate wisdom. Life’s challenge is to DO as well as we KNOW; in the critical

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Dealing with Business Risk

Real estate development (versus acquisition of existing rental communities) is a major part of what I do. There is out there the

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Live Long and Prosper: Your Choice

A Swedish study of identical twins separated at birth and reared apart found that genes accounted for only 20 to 30 percent

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Personal Power vs. Positional Power

Power may be thought of as either positional or personal. Positional power is external to you. It is your important job title,

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Written Communication Skills: The Importance of Simplicity

Communication is key to gaining support for an idea or project. The ability to summarize succinctly, to get core concepts across quickly