no limits

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What Gift Are You Withholding?

“I’ve always wanted to….” We can all fill in the blank with some skill we have never developed, some dream we’ve never

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The Stories We Tell

Take a moment and reflect back upon the life stories you return to, that repeat in your mind, that define you. These

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The Mysterious Alchemy of Teams

The best performing group isn’t necessarily the one with the smartest people in it. Team Performance is a lot like happiness: success

keep improving

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Better is better than Best

Business (and Life) is a multi-player, multi-move game that is never ending, where new players can enter the game at any time

deep work

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Deep Work: Superpower of Success

“Deep Work” is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task; in contrast to “Shallow Work”: the routine work,

mfd

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Embracing MFD

MFD stands for “Mostly Fine Decision” and means what is the minimum outcome that is satisfactory, that you would be fine with?

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Choosing The Road Less Comfortable

A life of severe abstinence can be as destructive to the soul as a life of excessive indulgence. As always, it is

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Failure: Stepping Stone to Success?

Can failure be a GOOD thing? Yes, certainly, but with caveats! Demanding perfection is a prescription for paralysis and the only way

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Good Failure; Bad Failure

How can failure be good? The answer lies in the distinction between Good Failure and Bad Failure: – Good Failure comes from

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Embrace Your Role As a Beacon

Every action teaches the belief system that motivated it. Like it or not, we are all role models, we are on show

reality check

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Please Don’t Take This Literally

“You can do anything you put your mind to” is an often repeated, well-meaning, bit of encouragement. While generally spoken with the

firm but flexible

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A Popular Bit of Advice…That is Occasionally Out and Out Wrong

Never Give Up Folks, I’m about as driven as they come, stubborn and head strong. And yet… I’ve learned that there are