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Thinking is a Skill: The Acquisition and Use of Critical Thinking Skills Turbo Charges Success
Simply because they have thoughts (i.e. words form) in their heads, most folks think they know how to think. But if you define thinking as…
November 6, 2014
Feet of Clay Can Still Run a Fleet Race
When I first started blogging on ‘Personal Leadership’, someone approached me and in effect said: “How can you write about such things? You are no…
November 4, 2014
A Customer’s Gift
While criticism may be challenging to cope with on a personal level, a customer’s complaint is a GIFT. Customers in effect are offering a business…
October 30, 2014
Rules are for the Guidance of the Wise, The Blind Obedience of Fools
Ben Bernarnke, former chair of the Federal Reserve until early 2014, commands $250,000 per speech. Any Fortune 500 company would consider it a fantastic coup…
October 21, 2014
When “Circling the Wagons” Makes Things Worse
I am proud to be a lawyer, a member of the Florida Bar. Yet I’ve noticed a tendency in my profession to defend any member…
October 16, 2014
The Seven Habits of Highly INEFFECTIVE People
As always, I share what I most want/need to learn. Sometimes it clarifies things to look at what we SHOULDN”T do; making it easier to…
October 14, 2014
Can You Hear with your HEART?
One of the best nuggets of learning regarding communication I’ve ever run across is the HEART acronym, an excellent way to remember how to listen…
September 25, 2014
Breaking the Competency Curse
When we become very, very good at something and get used to the kudos, the praise, the success, the sense of satisfaction our expertise brings,…
September 16, 2014
A Good Pre-Mortem Can Prevent a Bad Post-Mortem
What is a Pre-Mortem? Glad you asked! You are about to embark on a major new project or daring initiative; what could possibly go wrong?…
September 9, 2014
This wasn’t the kind of campaign you could wage by fiat.
During WWII, 45,000 American fighting men had to be taken off the front lines of the European Theater of Operations in the winter of 1944-1945.…
September 2, 2014
The Silent Treatment: Shutting Down Your Heart
Lack of good communication is probably the # 1 reason relationships, personal or professional, get rocky. One partner or both become uncommunicative, often as a result…
August 26, 2014