Category: Balance

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Opposite Me

Confirmation bias, the tendency to see what we expect and want to see, is one of the most common human mental shortcuts

Hand drawing a heart and brain concept about the EQ emotional intelligence and IQ intelligence quotient.

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Soft Strengths are the Hardest

I have relentlessly pursued mastery of my craft my entire life. My home library has over a thousand books, I have three

3 road signs set against a blue background. A red sign that says "stop" in the foreground, a yellow sign that says "think" just behind it, and a green sign that says "act" just behind it.

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Chesterton’s Fence

Chesterton’s Fence refers to a decision principle: “Before removing an existing rule, structure, or practice, you must first understand why it was

The image is a flat, vector-style illustration with a soft purple background. In the center, a man in a dark purple suit stands in a thoughtful pose, with one hand on his chin and the other on his hip. Above his head are three interlocking gears, symbolizing thinking or problem-solving. Curved white arrows point from a large question mark on the left toward the gears, and from the gears toward a bright yellow light bulb on the right.

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Sensemaking

We live in an ever more complex, chaotic world where the pace of change seems to be accelerating daily. How to make

A woman is seated at a desk in front of an open laptop. She has her eyes closed and her hands raised slightly to either side, palms up, as if pausing, centering herself, or tuning out distractions. Two men in business attire stand on either side of her. Both appear to be talking or gesturing toward her—one holding papers and gesturing with his hand, the other leaning in slightly while also holding documents.

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How is Your Pocket Presence?

In football, pocket presence refers to a quarterback’s ability to maintain composure while standing in the pocket created by the offensive front

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Always Separate Praise and Feedback: Why ‘Sandwiching’ Doesn’t Work

Sandwiching: A technique used by supervisors to try to soften feedback: Scrape up a few nice words of appreciation to begin with

This image shows an ostrich standing outdoors in a fenced, grassy area under a bright blue sky. The ostrich has its entire head and neck buried inside a blue metal barrel labeled “SAND.”

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Deliberate Ignorance aka The Ostrich Effect: Friend or Foe?

We live in an era of incredible access to… Information? Data? Misinformation? We are ceaselessly bombarded, messaged constantly… often with meaningless content

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The Joyous Release of Measured Caring

I care. I care deeply about delivering quality to my Customers, service excellence day in and day out. I want to be

The path is interrupted by uncertainty. Uncertainty, threat and danger. Resolve the problem before continuing your journey. Bring a gap.

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The Positive Power of Negative Capability

Negative capability is the capacity to tolerate ambiguity and contradiction—to dwell in not-knowing—without rushing to impose logic, closure, or certainty. It’s an

Two open heads silhouettes with arrows exchanging thoughts. Communication, idea, knowledge, teamwork and education concept.

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Opening Minds; Side Stepping the ‘Backfire Effect’

If you want to change someone’s mind, their mind must be open to change and, as much as we humans like to

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Nothing can be Everything

We court trouble when we ask any one thing to be our everything—one job to give meaning, one person to make us