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When the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear

“When the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear” is a Buddhist proverb I’ve always liked. I would imagine a kindly old

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What is your HLP? (Highest Leverage Point)

Life is wonderful but it also is rather finite (anybody find a way out of here alive, please let me know). I

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Micro Autobiography

Micro Autobiography: The New Literary Craze. Can you sumarize your life in just SIX words? How about your future? Try it! I

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Three Steps into the Fog

While we may have some idea of our goals in life, just what concrete steps need to be taken, how to navigate

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The Motivational Power of Consequences, Standards, and Deadlines

Consequences, standards, and deadlines can be incredibly powerfully motivators. I consider myself a motivated person, but sometimes I still need the motivational

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The Blind Men and The Elephant

A group of blind men lived together in a remote village. One day an elephant came to town, and since this had

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The Set of the Sail

From “The Set of the Sail” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox One ship sails East, And another West, By the self-same winds that

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Magnetize Your Wants!

Many people want to change, or say they do. Relatively few actually succeed. Why? Lots of reasons. Bookstores are full of tomes

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Computer Models are as Fallible as the Humans that Program Them

On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300-605R, crashed while departing JFK for the Dominican Republic. After takeoff, the

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There is really very little difference between people, but…

There really is very little difference between people but, over time, that little difference makes a big difference. Business Week (2/18/08, page

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New Goal: Fail Often!

Fail often? Huh? What kind of goal is that? You’ll find the answer in the remaining parts of the goal. In addition

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Fish Discover Water Last

“I don’t know who discovered water, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a fish.” ~ Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980), media critic & writer