Category: Personal Growth

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To Learn From a Book, Close the Book

This is an incredibly effective technique to deeply engrain new knowledge. Read a few pages or a chapter or any passage that

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What is the View Out Your Windshield?

Your windshield view is a metaphor for what you keep in front of you as well as for your world view. Do

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In Praise of Developmental Discomfort

Developmental discomfort is the ‘awkward zone’ part of significant change, of significant personal and professional growth. Just as a weightlifter needs to

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We Construct Our Own Reality

Do you see your beliefs as beliefs? Or call them reality? Your perceptions, your experiences, and the way you’ve interpreted them, the

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Life’s Extras

Many things are not strictly necessary for survival… yet still elevate our lives and impart joy and meaning. I’m coming up on

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Leadership with a Small ‘I’

Leading with a small ‘l’ is about quiet leadership: guiding, showing the way, by behavior, encouragement, and example. It’s the belief and

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This Garment Called Life

It has been said that we are not so much physical beings having a spiritual experience as we are spiritual beings having

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Answer Man v. Teaching Man

For much of my life I took pride in knowing the answers. You have a question? I’ve got the answer. You have

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Today’s Ceiling is Tomorrow’s Floor: Are You Ready?

The road to success is uphill all the way and the pace of change is accelerating every day. What is going to

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No One Drifts into Wisdom

Wisdom is a far, far different beast than merely being smart or educated and it is rarely if ever acquired passively. Wisdom

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Comfort is a Seductive Adversary

Just as one must strain and push one’s muscles to the limit to grow stronger, so too must you press your mind