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Are You Going to React or Respond?
When you react to all stressors with a survival perspective, your body cannot distinguish them from a charging lion.While you may be successful and get some wins in…
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Plan “C” Is a Gift, Not a Consolation Prize
Last week, I wrote about the A-B-C strategy of setting goals to ensure you'll be successful, where "Plan C" was your safety net if Plan A (your ideal)…
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Make Success as Easy as ABC!
Sometimes we get derailed and stressed because our performance isn’t going the way we hoped it would.This stress comes from “single tracking” and boxing ourselves into pass-fail situations.…
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How to Shift from Merely Surviving to Thriving!
Shift your thinking from the negative space to the positive space.Stop focusing on what you DON’T want or what you WON’T do.When faced with a call to action,…
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3 Steps to Master Delegation and Multiply Your Influence & Impact as a Leader
Del-e-gate, good times c’mon!With apologies to Kool & The Gang, why do many managers have trouble delegating well?I believe you have to “Delegate to Elevate” your own and…
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Want to Improve Your Performance? Stop trying to MEASURE EVERYTHING!
Want to see big improvements in how well you perform? Stop chasing outcomes, and stop trying to MEASURE EVERYTHING! ! How do you want to FEEL when you're…
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INCONCEIVABLE!
Today’s lesson in ineffective leadership - it’s dangerous to be the self-proclaimed “smartest person in the room.”Just ask Vizzini.Oh, wait, you can’t. Because he’s dead.For those of you…
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Go the Distance!
"Field of Dreams" is one of my favorite movies. What's not to love - baseball, fatherhood, reconciliation, ghosts in the cornfield...I know, I know. The movie has its…
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The Power of Only
It’s an odd word, and for me it gets odder the more I look at it. Something called “semantic satiation” sets in, where the repetition of the word…
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Follow These 3 Steps to Set Your Goals Fearlessly
Conditionality and comparisons limit your perspective to what’s practical, and they lead you to play it safe from a position of fear – fear of mistakes, failure, embarrassment,…
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It’s Enough (Dayeinu)
The plague of this pandemic has diminished our joy in countless ways. What can we do today to start adding to our happiness once again?
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You Cannot Make a Mistake
It’s in the judging and labeling of an outcome where a “mistake” shows up in your rearview mirror. And that is precisely the moment where you choose how…
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