you are in control

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Who is in Control?

What (or who?) runs your life? Where do you think the locus of control lies? Folks divide up into those that believe

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Leaders that Don’t

To be effective, a leader must be comfortable being in charge, at ease with being in command. They must give direction with

Illustration of a man facing a set of hurdles in the road that fade into the distance

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Something Stands in the Way

There is always something in the way of anything meaningful, anything of significance you wish to be or accomplish. If there weren’t,

effective caring

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Effective Caring

As emotionally evolved humans, we all want a better world so at one level we care about many things, most beyond our

drain energy

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Seven Habits that Drain Your Energy

Taking it personally: It’s rarely about you. Really. Lugging the Past into the Present: The Past should be a place of Reference,

3 sticky notes (one says "body", one says "spirit" and one says "mind") on a chalkboard with curved arrows drawn between them to make a circle. The word "healthy" is written inside the circle.

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Renew Your Strength Daily

You would never go a day without feeding your body; why would you let a day pass without feeding your mind? Without

"Small steps, big changes" written on a chalkboard

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Nudge Yourself Forward

Please pass on grand, sweeping, “overhaul”-style New Year’s resolutions. Instead, resolve to simply nudge yourself forward, bit by comfortable bit, to being

max productivity

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Reading the Newspaper in the Morning

If there is one thing I know how to do, it is how to be mega productive, how to hyper focus, how

stop making excuses

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How Strong is a Chain with a Broken Link?

“How Strong is a Chain with a Broken Link?” is a rhetorical question if ever there was one: a broken link =

rolling the dice

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Playing the Insurance Game

In the context of business, what I call ‘”Playing the Insurance Game” is when someone, particularly one in a position of responsibility

cycle of inquiry

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THE CYCLE OF INQUIRY

“There is very little difference between people but that little difference makes a big difference.” – W. Clement Stone One little difference

upstream thinking

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The Power of Upstream Thinking

You are walking by the side of a river when you hear screams of distress: a child is drowning. You plunge into