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360-Degree Feedback
I recently asked a ten-year Team Member to complete an evaluation of me using questions I culled from various online sources. Here it is: Have…
February 1, 2008
PopCap: Excusitis
(A Populist Capitalist Blog) Excusitis is the unwillingness to accept responsibility for our actions and their consequences, either individually (the dog ate my homework, I…
May 8, 2009
You can have ANYTHING you want
You can have ANYTHING you want. You just can’t have EVERYTHING you want. Choices must be made, resources allocated. And if you want to be…
January 23, 2009
“Just Three Things”
How much data can people realistically absorb? Particularly in a meeting or in a short time? There is a reason phone numbers are separated by…
May 20, 2009
35 Questions for a Real Estate Investor, 35 Answers
I recently had someone ask if I would be willing to be a mentor. I responded with a request for more specificity as to what…
February 17, 2015
The Edge
How do you measure greatness? How do you get an edge? In many fields of endeavor the low-hanging fruit, the fruit in sight, has long…
April 13, 2009
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
What You Say v. What I Hear
What we intend to convey and what others hear are often two very different realities. “You are yelling at me!” v. “Your voice is elevated.”…
July 7, 2016
Active Listening: Listening to Understand
Most of what we call listening is really “waiting to speak.” Here is how people “hear” us: You say something, sounds are heard by another…
June 6, 2013
Understanding Understanding – The Expert Blind Spot
The “Expert Blind Spot” refers to the tendency to forget how much you know, how challenging a subject matter can be to a novice, to…
March 23, 2021