Category: Step by Step (Habit Creation)

An outdoor background with grass, trees, and flowers. In the foreground, black blocks with white letters spell out "daily routine matters"

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Invitation to a VERY Special Event

The invitation is to ‘Your Future’ aka ‘Tomorrow’ and you receive it every dawn. What you do with it is up to

A yellow street sign with 3 directions: "Plan", "Action", and "Success" with a blue sky and white clouds in the background

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Next Action Step?

“Next Action Step?” is my favorite way to end a meeting or conversation. A decision without a plan to implement is just

A few small stacks of coins that increasingly get larger, with a person adding a coin to the tallest one

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The Advantages of Adversity

I’ve frequently said that I’d had the “good fortune to experience a period of poverty and chaos in my childhood” because it

A sad face and a happy face drawn on a chalkboard with an arrow drawn from the sad face to the happy face

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Tell Me About Your Eyeglass, Please

Imagine there sits on top of your dresser two sets of eyeglasses. One has green colored lenses, the other red. Which one

Writing on a chalkboard that says "A goal without a plan is just a wish!"

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The Superpower of High Achievers

Want to be more, do more, go further, get more accomplished with the same if not less effort? Get ORGANIZED! Structure is

A side profile silhouette drawing of a human head with the brain drawn in pink. There is a gold lock inside the brain with a hole for a key

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Help is But a Thought Away

Okay, it is a bit more complex than that but the thoughts you dwell on are the building blocks of the life

Cartoon of a woman looking into a handheld mirror with her reflection smiling back at her

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The Greatest Opponent You Will Ever Face

Go find a mirror. The person you see in that mirror can either be your best ally, strongest advocate, your outstanding champion,

Illustration of 4 people in a line, climbing up a mountain, with the leader pointing the way with a red flag

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Leader-Leader: Are You Ready For It?

Traditional management follows the Leader-Follower paradigm. Hierarchal, top down, clear accountability. Leader-Leader is about shared responsibility, collaboration, innovation and is based upon

Three sticky notes next to each other on a board. One says "Plan A", the next says "Plan B", the last says "Plan C". Plan A and Plan B each have a red X on them.

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The Price of Security is…

The price of security is, ironically, a deep awareness of insecurity. Or at least an ongoing appreciation of the fragility of any

Illustration of a hand scattering little red hearts on the ground like planting seeds, with red heart flowers sprouting up

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A New Year’s Resolution You Can Keep

Ten Thousand Smiles, Ten Thousand Acts of Kindness. What if you made a New Year’s resolution to do some combination of doing

A sign that says "start each day with a grateful heart"

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The Christmas Spirit: Let it Linger

The Christmas Spirit refers to the emotional and cultural atmosphere of the holiday season with its themes of joy, generosity, and goodwill,