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Go with your strengths, Backstop your weaknesses
None of us are perfect nor, in spite of our best efforts, will we ever be perfect. We all have weaknesses. We need to be…
May 16, 2008
You can’t get enough of what you don’t need
“You can’t get enough of what you don’t need.” You may think you need it, but do you really? Is it what you really are…
May 15, 2008
Celebrating Everyday Heroes
You see them every day. You may not realize it, or stop to think about it, or pause to appreciate them, but you do see…
May 14, 2008
Don’t Believe Everything They Tell You: The Fuzzy Numbers Behind the Numbers
I love my country. I don’t always trust my government. Take the CPI, the Consumer Price Index: First, there is the current self-serving focus on…
May 13, 2008
All actions teach the belief system that motivates them
All actions teach the belief system that motivates them. So what did you teach today? I find this question a powerful behavior modifier. I take…
May 9, 2008
Becoming Your Own Best Friend
A long time ago I decided that ordinary wasn’t good enough. I wanted to do something extraordinary with my life. I was familiar with Emerson’s…
May 6, 2008
What you Focus on Expands!
The human mind is an incredible, powerful thing. If you focus your thoughts on your goals, your energy flows that way. If you make a…
May 5, 2008
Can you summon your talent at will?
In a movie called “Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino is the devil in human form attempting to tempt Keanu Reeves, both of whom play attorneys. Pacino…
April 29, 2008
30 Methods of Influence
Listed here are Thirty Methods of Influence from Stephen R. Covey’s “Principle-Centered Leadership,” (Simon & Schuster, pp. 119-128). I could easily write a blog on…
April 28, 2008
“I am the one I’ve been waiting for…”
Every now and again I find that I’m waiting for something or someone to come along and resolve something or make something happen. This desire…
April 22, 2008
Rationalize = Rational Lies
Often our attempts to explain or analyze a failure to reach a goal devolve into rationalizations. And often those rationalizations are nothing but rational lies…
April 21, 2008