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The Power of an Auteur
When it comes to design, Apple is run by a committee of one: Steve Jobs. Jobs reputedly concerns himself with the most minute details of…
August 26, 2011
Life is About Choices
“The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of…
August 24, 2011
If it were easy, everyone would do it…
If it were easy, everyone would do it. And it would already be done. Face it, 90 percent of the time the easy stuff has…
August 23, 2011
Bright Burns the Candle: The High of Commitment, The Power of a Goal
At the age of 61, Diana Nyad is preparing to do what no one else has done before: Swim from Cuba to Key West, sans…
August 10, 2011
The Full Story
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein I’d heard this quote and, to be blunt, always thought it pretty stupid. Sure, imagination is…
August 4, 2011
Systemize Your Success
“Every activity contains a series of steps that must be completed correctly to be successful. Systemize your success. Identify the critical steps required to complete…
August 2, 2011
Less Stress, More Success
Stress is not an event but rather a learned, perhaps even a chosen, reaction to an event. Or even just its possibility. Telling a person…
July 25, 2011
The Pros Make it Look Easy: On The Importance of Doing a Great Job AND Looking Great While You Do It
Did you ever notice how Olympic gymnasts often smile at key moments as they execute those difficult maneuvers? I sincerely doubt that it is because…
July 21, 2011
10 Minutes to Change
How can anyone change in 10 minutes? Change is hard work and takes time, right? Truth is, we change when we want to and not…
July 13, 2011
The Grass is Always Greener
Oh, we humans! We are soooooo predictably irrational. We keep making the same mistakes over and over. It would be funny if it were not…
July 5, 2011
Always Present Options: Focus on what you can do, rather than what you can’t do
“It is a central tenet of the Marines’ war fighting philosophy that each subordinate must provide options to his boss—tell him what you can do,…
June 30, 2011