Category: Step by Step (Habit Creation)

A woman sitting inside a cardboard box in the middle of the room. Her head is down and she looks sad and alone.

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By Fearing the Worst, I Destroyed the Best

Decades and decades ago, I ran across a scrap of paper (post move-out in a vacant apartment), evidently a portion of a

A road with yellow lines in the middle and the words "keep going"

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One Day it Will All Be Done… NOT!

Folks, I’ve got to tell you, there really is no finish line. Oh, there is goal accomplishment and task completion, all good

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What Are You Creating?

One of the principles of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) is that “You cannot not communicate.” In other words, we are constantly leaking information;

Illustration of a woman facing a wall looking at her shadow. Her shadow is her with a superhero cape on.

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What is Your Ask?

Abraham Lincoln was once asked for his opinion on a sermon to which he replied: “It was brilliantly conceived, biblically relevant and

A mirror on the ground with a man crouching down looking into it at his reflection

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9 R’s That Will Take You To A Better Place: Rigorously Review, Reflect & Refocus Regularly or Repeat Rote Routines & Regress

One secret to a contented life: daily strive to gain perspective, go to the mountain top frequently, stand outside yourself, grow in

A compass with "core values" written where the needle points north

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A Collection of Values

So, one Sunday eve recently as I was researching for a UF class on Leadership that I present to ExecEd MBAs and

Two arrows drawn on the ground with a pair of shoes facing them. The arrow pointing left says "old habits" and the arrow pointing right says "change"

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Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza A Summary

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Let the Problem Solve Us

‘Let the problem solve us’ means going deeper, asking how and why the problem occurred and what we can learn from it.

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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

A picture from within a dark cave, showing a man standing at the entrance

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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