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What do you do when you do nothing?
The question is for real. It is not intended to be a koan.* “What do you do when you do nothing?” asks what do you…
May 19, 2008
You cannot talk your way out of what you have behaved yourself into
Actually, you could possibly talk your way out a few times, particularly if you can spin a good story and vary the details and the…
May 8, 2008
What you Focus on Expands!
The human mind is an incredible, powerful thing. If you focus your thoughts on your goals, your energy flows that way. If you make a…
May 5, 2008
Argue for your weakness and it’s yours
We all have our failings, our weaknesses, our areas of greatest potential improvement. It is important to know your weaknesses so that you can guard…
April 30, 2008
Can you summon your talent at will?
In a movie called “Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino is the devil in human form attempting to tempt Keanu Reeves, both of whom play attorneys. Pacino…
April 29, 2008
30 Methods of Influence
Listed here are Thirty Methods of Influence from Stephen R. Covey’s “Principle-Centered Leadership,” (Simon & Schuster, pp. 119-128). I could easily write a blog on…
April 28, 2008
Things turn out the best for those who make the best of how things turn out!
You often cannot impact the cards you are dealt in life but you can choose how you play those cards. Having that knowledge and then…
April 24, 2008
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine
The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. Think about it. What future are you creating when you are not thinking about…
April 23, 2008
Three Kinds of People
One of the mental exercises that people seem to love is to break down the world into different kinds of people. Here is my go…
April 17, 2008
Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
In 1969, Swiss-born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote “On Death and Dying” and popularized the concept of the grief cycle: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally…
April 15, 2008
Acorns & Forests: Balancing optimism and short-term constraints
I practice realistic optimism. There is a part of me that is a radiant optimist. “I carry the sun in my pocket,” I walk on…
April 11, 2008