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Continuous Change: 1000%, 1% at a Time

The Collier Companies recently sent our entire team of six regional community managers (RCMs) to New Orleans for a National Apartment Association

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Skepticism: Balancing Gullibility and Cynicism

The cynic refuses to trust. The skeptic asks questions before trusting to minimize the risk. The gullible trust when there are meaningful

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30 Methods of Influence: #19 Accept the Person and the Situation

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 19. Accept the person and the situation. The first step in changing or improving

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The Freedom of Enough

The “freedom of enough” is the exciting feeling of liberation you experience when you finally realize that you do have enough. This

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Making a Difference

There is the story about a boy walking along a storm wrecked seashore who is tossing beached starfish, one by one, back

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“The Luck Factor”

How do you get lucky? How do you study luck? Scientists start out by surveying people and studying those who consider themselves

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How NOT To Live To Be 100

1. Eat healthy? Who has the time? McDonalds is so convenient and the kids love those fries. 2. What’s a few pounds?

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30 Methods of Influence: #18 Be Influenced By Them First

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 18. Be influenced by them first. We have influence with others to the degree

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“When Ideas Have Sex”

“When ideas have sex” is science writer Matt Ridley’s provocative way of describing innovation in his new book, “The Rational Optimist.” Ridley’s

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EQ: The Beginning of Rapport and a Relationship

IQ primarily deals with math and verbal skills; vital and important, but in today’s increasingly interdependent world, where the fast-growing service sector

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“Your Money or Your Life”

“We moderns meet most of our needs, wants and desires through money. We buy everything from hope to happiness. We no longer

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Pop-Cap: The Common Tasks

Much of life is mundane, ordinary stuff. Many tasks are necessary and vital but either lack glamour or are performed away from