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Building Your Resilience – Part 4
As I wrote a while ago, here, here, and here, resilience is the capacity to recover quickly and well from difficulties and demanding experiences. Resilience…
These Might Be Holding You Back
It’s not guaranteed, but if your current level of productivity and success seem less that what you hope for, you could be suffering from character…
Another Approach to Setting Goals
I write often about accomplishing your tasks, projects, and goals, and I’ve discussed some specifics about setting goals several times, including here. This time around,…
Before You Commit to Big Decisions
There are many different decision-making methods and algorithms. I’m not going to write about any of those in this piece. Instead, I’m going to talk…
Even More Ways to Build Trust
In two previous posts, here and here, I’ve written about trust and the importance of building it with people who are – or may become…
It’s OK to Trust Your Instincts
In Star Trek: The Original Series, we learn that Starship Captains are authorized to trust their instincts. You are, too. Instincts are feelings or inclinations…
Preparation Boosts Results
One of the most neglected boosters of productivity and success is preparation. Years ago, I worked with some very successful people whose idea of preparation…
Effective Dissent
As I’ve counseled many times, productivity and success depend heavily on your ability to work well with other people. This can become much more difficult…
A Formula for Steady Improvement
For many years, one of my most important goals has been to steer my efforts and energies toward increasing productivity and success. Naturally, that requires…
Some Ways to Better Control Your Time
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been productivity-minded. Among my earliest efforts to increase my level of productivity and success were efforts to…
Step Backward to Move Forward
The most common approach to making progress is to push forward. That’s fine, because it works well most of the time. But occasionally, you can…
Here’s What’s Good About Conflict
As social beings, people are born, bred, and raised for the most part to avoid conflict. But that’s impossible, of course, because – as I…