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Is it Still Your Biggest Rock?
‘Biggest Rock First’ refers to putting your most important priorities on your schedule first and then fitting other, lesser priorities in around them, a time/energy/life…
April 30, 2024
Envy….or Inspiration?
When you behold the success of others; what first comes to mind? Are you truly happy for them? Or is there a twinge of resentment?…
April 11, 2024
Only the Best Obsess
Obsession has gotten a bad name in some circles but directed and managed, it is the gift of the gods. I think of obsession (and…
March 21, 2024
Fan the Spark, Guard the Flame
Within each of us lies both goodness and talent of some form, the ability to improve the world and to sculpt ourselves into our best…
March 14, 2024
Problems are Pathways
Life is a school, and problems are the homework. The penalty for not doing your homework is that the lessons repeat until you do. Everyone…
March 7, 2024
Your Emotions are a Signal… Not a Command
Emotions are just a message about how we are interpreting events and situations in the world around us. They flow out of our expectations and world…
February 27, 2024
Happiness is Not the Goal… Neither is Eliminating Unhappiness!
Happiness is Not the Goal: Happiness can be very elusive when directly pursued. Rather, happiness is best achieved as a byproduct of living a life…
February 22, 2024
Beware of Intellectualizing Your Emotions
“Intellectualizing emotions is a defense mechanism that serves as a shield against the overwhelming intensity of feelings. It’s the process of suppressing emotions by overthinking,…
January 25, 2024
5 Ways to Give Feedback Better, 21 Soft Ways to Say Hard Things
Note: The following is 90% from a 2018 Blog by Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Team (http://knowyourteam.com). “My life’s mission is to help people…
January 18, 2024
The Intolerable Cost of Myopic Perfectionism
Myopic Perfectionism: An excessive focus on a single topic to the exclusion of other important topics; an obsessive interest or preoccupation with a particular subject…
January 16, 2024
It’s Never a Good Idea to Count on Prosperity Lasting Forever… Good Times Are in Part Opportunities to Save up for Bad Times
Okay, here is a crazy idea for the New Year… live beneath your income. That year-end raise you hopefully got? Stick it in your 401K…
January 2, 2024