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“No, it’s too hard. Forget it, no way you can do it.”
“No, it’s too hard. Forget it, no way you can do it.” This was the reaction to IBM researcher David Ferrucci’s proposal to attempt to…
August 11, 2010Why Are Destructive Habits So Hard to Break?
“Instant Analysis” by David Lieberman, is a collection of 100 of the “most common, annoying, puzzling, self defeating behaviors and habits” that human beings have,…
August 9, 2010The Genius of Collective Intelligence
No one human being created the car you drive, the computer on which you are reading this, even the last pencil you used. All were…
July 30, 2010To Know and Not Do Is To Not Know
I sometimes lead a short personal leadership course for the incoming real estate grad students at the University of Florida. I often tell them the…
July 27, 2010The Point of Power is Always in the Present Moment
The past is done and gone, each passing moment irretrievably beyond reach. The only impact we can make is on the present moment and future…
July 26, 2010“The Narrow Road”
“The Narrow Road” is the title of a book by Felix Dennis, the owner of Maxim men’s magazine and one of the U.K.’s richest men.…
July 9, 2010Continuous Change: 1000%, 1% at a Time
The Collier Companies recently sent our entire team of six regional community managers (RCMs) to New Orleans for a National Apartment Association conference. RCMs typically…
July 6, 2010Skepticism: Balancing Gullibility and Cynicism
The cynic refuses to trust. The skeptic asks questions before trusting to minimize the risk. The gullible trust when there are meaningful reasons not to,…
July 2, 2010How NOT To Live To Be 100
1. Eat healthy? Who has the time? McDonalds is so convenient and the kids love those fries. 2. What’s a few pounds? It’s normal. Life…
June 25, 2010“Your Money or Your Life”
“We moderns meet most of our needs, wants and desires through money. We buy everything from hope to happiness. We no longer live life, we…
June 21, 2010“My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.”*
The child who was to become the famous psychiatrist Dr. Milton Erickson was color blind, tone deaf, dyslexic, and contracted polio at the age of…
June 7, 2010