Category: The Doing (Accountability)

Wooden blocks with the words "decide", "commit", "focus", "succeed"

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This is What I Do

The phrase “This is What I Do” is a calming mantra I use during times of excess inputs (aka stress) to center

The word "NOW" with a circle around it written in the middle of a chalkboard with the words "some day", "tomorrow", "later", "next year", and "next week" all crossed out, written around the word "NOW"

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Why Not You? Why Not Today?

Success, however you choose to define it, is not reserved exclusively for others. Rather, progress belongs to those who combine pragmatic vision

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

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I Woke Up in America

When people ask the polite and ritualistic ‘How are you?’ question, my go-to answer is ‘I woke up in America and that

Photo of 3 people standing around a table pointing at charts and data

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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.

Photo of a woman writing in a journal

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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

The words "goal", "plan", and "action" written on a chalkboard with checkboxes next to each

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Do You Have a Standard?

Do you hold yourself… and others… accountable? To a high bar? One that calls out to and requires the best of you?

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

Illustration of 3 human head silhouettes, each with different colors and drawings within

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We Construct Our Own Reality

Do you see your beliefs as beliefs? Or call them reality? Your perceptions, your experiences, and the way you’ve interpreted them, the

Five puzzle pieces being placed together, each with an illustration on them. From left to right: A question mark, an arrow pointing to the right, a set of three round gears, an arrow pointing right, a light bulb

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Double-Loop Learning: Thinking Different, Thinking Better

Single-Loop Learning is where you fix a mistake by changing your behavior… but your mental models, your world view, your core beliefs

An illustrated group of people eagerly following a leader in the front holding a flag and pointing forward

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Purposeful Followership

Purposeful followership is a value-driven choice to support a leader, team, or mission, a conscious choice to support worthwhile goals. The concept