Some Useful Questions

Lately I’ve been exposed to some situations that involve asking myself deep questions and wrestling with the answers, the better to discover my innermost motivations and opportunities for personal improvement. I won’t burden you with that long list of questions, but I

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What’s Good About Negative Feelings

Guilt, rebellion, and stress. These are widely considered “negative” attitudes or emotions that hamper – rather than enhance – your performance. But seen in a different light, these “negative” feelings can actually boost your motivation and increase your level of productivity and

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Bringing An Organization Along

Much of the material I cover in this space is individualistic: stuff you do on your own to improve your personal level of productivity and success. But since there’s a good chance you don’t live and work alone on a desert island,

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Work and Life Enrichment

A curious trait of most people is that we perform better when we enjoy what we do, and we get more enjoyment from activities (including work, but actually all activities) that entail variety, diversity, and meaning. So it should be no surprise

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Balancing Positive and Negative

It’s common knowledge that a positive attitude is better than a negative one. However, that idea is too simple to be entirely correct. The truth is more subtle: too much positivity can be just as unhelpful as too much negativity. What you

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More Characteristics of Good Leaders

As I’ve written previously, not everyone is cut out to be a leader, and people can certainly be highly productive and successful without a full portfolio of leadership qualities. But if you’d like to be more of a leader than you presently

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Advantages of Vulnerability

A while back, I wrote about feelings of vulnerability, and how they – along with the more widely celebrated feelings of invulnerability – can help you get more of what you want. But on thinking further about this, and being asked some

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Work Happy, Work Well

Studies show that people who are happy in their work and their lives are more productive and successful. But even if that weren’t true, it’s better to be happy. After all, who wants to be sad? So let’s take a side-trip from

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Boost Your Career Trajectory – Part 2

I have to confess: I had so much fun writing that previous post, Boost Your Career Trajectory, that I am immediately following it up with Part 2. As you probably remember, I wrote about increasing your level of productivity and success with

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