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What do you look forward to?
Self-knowledge* can be an elusive goal. I find I still have “built-in” assumptions about myself that are untested or even untrue about what will make…
December 3, 2008
The Ten Wisest People I Know
This is a short post about a process, not a result. I ran across the phrase, “The Ten Wisest People I Know,” in this morning’s…
December 1, 2008
Encourage = In Courage
Encourage comes from the 15th-century Middle English word encoragen, which in turn came from the Anglo-French word encorager, or en- for in and curage for…
November 25, 2008
It’s not that I’m not satisfied, it’s just that I always want more!
On the limits of ambition, the harnessing of desire, and the importance of balance. “It’s not that I’m not satisfied, it’s just that I always…
November 20, 2008
Paying for Self Discipline is Expensive
I sat for my CPA exam in the late 1970s. For those of you fortunate enough not to sit for the exam, it is a…
November 18, 2008
Talent is Overrated
The basic thesis of “Talent is Overrated,” by Geoff Covin (senior editor at large for Fortune magazine), is that hard work, smart work, count for…
November 11, 2008
Learning to Single-Task
I like to say I multi-task. The truth is a lot closer to saying I have trouble paying attention, staying on task, focusing on the…
November 6, 2008
The Joys of Thrift…(The Forgotten Pleasures of Living BENEATH Your Income)
I graduated from college in 1974 and received exactly one job offer, which I cheerfully accepted. The economy was recovering from a period of financial…
October 31, 2008
The Limits of Group Intelligence
“If they see other successful people going into something, they don’t do the due diligence because they think someone else did it for them.” “Hotel…
October 24, 2008
Moving Meditation
The ability to focus the mind, to harness the will, to stay on purpose is an awesome ability, a stupendous skill, a tremendous tool. He…
October 21, 2008
Complacency is a Champion’s Greats Foe
Q: “Do you feel rich?” A: “No. I think I always have a fear that whatever I have could leave, and it’s very temporary. I’ve…
October 20, 2008