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The Good Kind of Perfectionism
We’ve all heard the common criticisms of perfectionism, including: Standards that are impossible to meet, A tendency toward black-and-white, either/or thinking, Too much emphasis on…
Journey to the Goal
As a goal-oriented person, I had to work through a lot of experience and mistakes to learn the importance of the beginning and middle parts…
Accelerate Up the Learning Curve
Unless you already know everything, you probably have a great deal still to learn. So it will undoubtedly help a lot to find a few…
Giving Helpful Feedback
I’ve written before in this space (here, here, and here) about some effective ways to deal with helpful and unhelpful feedback you receive from other…
Some Game Changers
A lot of the information I put forward in this space is all about doing more, accomplishing more, producing more, and so forth. It’s as…
Increase Your Power to Concentrate
I’m a big believer in the power of concentration. That’s one reason I’ve worked hard to increase my ability to go deeply into a task…
Half a Plan is Often Enough
I always enjoyed bridge building in children’s cartoons, mostly because the traffic starts running both ways even while the bridge spans only half the river….
Celebrate Your Successes
It’s a simple concept, but few of us do enough of it: We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, milestones and triumphs of various kinds. We celebrate…
Larger Projects Require a Larger Plan
Duh! In developing this idea into this finished piece, I grappled with the apparent obviousness of the point I’m trying to make. But that doesn’t…
Cultivate Performance Under Pressure
For decades, I’ve believed – and told others – that almost anyone can produce a top-notch performance, deliverable, or result on a sunny day when…
Make the Most of Your To-Do List
I’m still on board with the whole To-Do list thing. But it seems to be falling out of favor with some people. “It’s too rigid…
What’s Diverting You From Success?
Few of us are performing at 100%. There are many reasons for this, but among them is one simple fact: we allow emotional and psychological…