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Pack your own weight
The phrase “pack your own weight” comes from trail hiking and means that each person is responsible for carrying her own food, tent, sleeping bag,…
May 12, 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
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…
May 6, 2008
We all go the same distance in life…
We all go the same distance in life, it’s just that some of us go in circles. And if circles is what you want, that’s…
May 1, 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
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
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…
April 21, 2008
The Golden Opportunity You Are Seeking…
“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, It is not in luck or chance, Or the help…
April 16, 2008
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…
April 4, 2008
Four Tools of Discipline from “The Road Less Traveled”
“The Road Less Traveled” (RLT), by M. Scott Peck, has sold more than 7 million copies and spent at least 598 weeks on bestseller lists.…
March 31, 2008
Perils of Perfectionism
Perfect and excellent are not synonymous. Neither are success and perfect the same. LSU became national college football champions, a hallmark of both excellence and…
March 21, 2008