Category: Personal Growth

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If You REALLY Want Success, Embrace This Competitive Advantage… Even if it is Not Your Original Nature

I frequently ask folks what their preferred learning style is and the answer I most frequently get by far is ‘I like

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Do You have 10 Years Experience or Just 1 Year 10x?

Once a skill becomes instinctive, performance improvement also tends to level off. Without intelligent intervention, we slip into autopilot mode, believing we

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The Arrival Fallacy: ‘When’ is an Illusion

The Arrival Fallacy is a self-deluding fantasy that we will be happy when… we get that promotion, buy that house, move to

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The Power of Grateful Dissatisfaction

Complacency is the enemy of progress. Nations stagnate when they become too comfortable; organizations decline when they assume past success guarantees future

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What Type of Glasses Do You Put On Every Morning?

Most of us like to think that we see the world the way it truly is, that what we perceive to be

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What Do You Really Stand For?

You may think you have deeply held values however if you don’t spend time thinking about them, naming them, listing them, turning

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Your Personality: Helping or Hindering?

When it comes to your personality, your tendency does not have to be your destiny. Think of your personality as akin to

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Filling the 7 Buckets of Your Waterwheel

One way to approach living your life or achieving any form of success is to think of yourself as having 7 buckets

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Ironically, the Path to Mastery lies in Being a Life-Long Student

The minute you are labeled an expert, the moment you allow that to become part of your identity, the insidious ‘Expert Trap’

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Falling Down Well

Falling well is the ability to absorb a setback without shattering, to fail gracefully, to catch oneself mid-fall (emotionally, mentally, practically) and

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Be Careful What You Keep Close to Your Heart

If you choose to hold a grudge or a grievance or latch onto any form of resentment, spite, anger, envy, jealousy, or