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A Post-Valentine’s Day Missive

The more ways you have to receive love, the more love you will experience. We all have our definitions of love, conscious

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Teachable Moments

What are teachable moments? They’re moments when people can be reached, either because something has just happened that serves as a memorable

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“Driven way beyond anyone else I’d ever met.”

What makes for success? What is the “secret” of extra-ordinary success? Success beyond the everyday, super-star success? Mind-blowing, stupendous, stellar success? Sorry,

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Time is Not Linear

“Time is not linear” is a saying I use to remind myself that all moments are not the same. That time varies,

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Making Weakness Irrelevant

Turning Weaknesses into Strengths This is a story (edited) from a small book (163 pages), written by a business “coach,” called “Small

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“Dreams From My Father,” by Barack Obama

I read Barack Obama’s “Dreams From My Father” a few weeks ago while traveling to and from the west coast. Turns out

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Taking Requests: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Nathan, Would you please write an article on the saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” I dislike that saying and

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“Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time”

“The main reason we don’t make meetings more productive is that we don’t value our time properly. The people who call meetings

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The Billionaire Street Sweeper

I recently finished Ted Turner’s autobiography, “Call Me Ted.” Among his other claims to fame, Turner is the founder of CNN and

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Learning to Love “Fumble Reports”: The Value of Clear Communication, Upfront Honesty

I have a senior Team Member who has an excellent practice of sending me “Fumble Reports.” Fumble Reports are mistakes, failures, and

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“I would do anything to be able to…”

I was drawn to the brutal self-honesty of the “I would do anything to be able to draw except practice drawing” postcard.

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“Let He Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone”

(Hyper-Scrutiny (Hypocritical?) Serves No One. Drives Good, Capable People From Public Service.) WASHINGTON — 2/3/09 (New York Times) “The abrupt collapse of