Who hasn’t wished that their boss, spouse or in-laws would change? We’d love to possess a magic change potion we could give the offender to help them see the error of their ways. We delude ourselves into believing that our desire is not for our benefit. Oh no, it’s.
[Read More]How many times have you ignored your own gut instincts? You go forward with something even though a niggling little part of your brain is telling you that something is wrong. Then when things do go wrong, as your subconscious knew it would, the full force of your entire.
[Read More]Do you like paying taxes? I own my own business, which means I write quarterly checks for my taxes. I confess, in the past I didn’t enjoy paying them. We have a meeting every Friday afternoon to go over the cash flow, the receivables and the projected revenues. At.
[Read More]Beyond food and shelter, people of all ages have two core emotional needs: connection and meaning. We want close personal relationships while we’re on this planet, and we want to make a contribution that outlasts our stay on it. Our deepest desire is to make a difference, and our.
[Read More]I’m the worst waterskier in my family. My younger brother whips back and forth like a pro, hitting the outside buoys on the slalom course and leaning sideway until he’s practically parallel to the water. My Dad has been a hot shot skier since he was 8. When I.
[Read More]Why do people fail? Is it because they’re lazy or incompetent? Perhaps the Universe conspires against us sometimes. We tend to think of failure as catastrophic. It’s a big scary horrible thing to be avoided at all cost. But the truth is – Failure is the ambitious person’s constant.
[Read More]I confess — I’m a resolution maker. I’ve found that I’m significantly more successful if I stick to just one realistic resolution. Case in point, “I’m going all organic” in 2003 was a total bust. I was back to Quik Trip corn dogs by mid January. I’ve found the.
[Read More]Stan was excited about his presentation. His proposal was perfect. He was confident the senior leadership team would quickly buy into the brilliance of his plan. He was envisioning a fat promotion. Imagine his surprise when 5 minutes in, the CEO said, “I don’t think so, let’s move to.
[Read More]Are you sabotaging people without realizing it? We want the people around us to do their best, but sometimes, in our efforts to “help,” we wind up making them feel worse. I’ve watched well-intended bosses, parents and spouses unknowingly crush the very people they want to build up. Sometimes.
[Read More]We tend to assume that arguments are bad. We’re wrong. The best ideas often come from arguing. Here are two examples: How fighting against a highway created a network of parks and bike trails. Back in the 1970s my mother led the fight against Route 66 in Arlington, Virginia..
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