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Blame No, Responsibility Yes
Blame is a close cousin to shame with a moral or ethical component, and should be reserved for situations where such elements exist. Blame is…
February 2, 2011
Rationalize = Rational Lies
Often our attempts to explain or analyze a failure to reach a goal devolve into rationalizations. And often those rationalizations are nothing but rational lies…
February 1, 2011
Becoming Your Own Best Friend
A long time ago I decided that ordinary wasn’t good enough. I wanted to do something extraordinary with my life. I was familiar with Emerson’s…
January 25, 2011
No ANTs at the Picnic, Please
ANTs are those Automatic Negative Thoughts that we so often allow to run in the background of our minds. ANTs are the output of our…
January 5, 2011
Calculated Risk
A calculated risk is a course of action undertaken after carefully considering all possible outcomes, preparing appropriately for each, and deciding that the potential upside…
December 23, 2010
Simple Ideas, Complex Execution
The secrets to success often lie in plain sight. They are secrets only because we chose to overlook them. Sometimes the most mundane can serve…
November 30, 2010
Hard Drives Out Soft
When I started out in the real estate ownership and management business, I decided there were three things I had to emphasize to my Team…
November 4, 2010
Star Tasks vs. Guardian Tasks: Harvard Business Review and Pirates
According to Hayagreeva Raoa’s guest column in the October 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR), “What 17th-Century Pirates Can Teach Us About Job Design,”…
November 3, 2010
Small Secrets
I find that many people subscribe to some version of the “big secret” theory of life, also known by its variants “the lottery” theory and…
October 28, 2010
30 Methods of Influence: #27 Delegate Effectively
“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 27. Delegate effectively. Effective delegation takes emotional courage as we allow, to one degree or another, others…
August 26, 2010
Fear: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend
“The primary difference between an entrepreneur and a professional business manager, generally speaking, is one of attitude. The entrepreneur, especially when starting out, knows that…
August 24, 2010