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Utilize All Four of Your Sides
There’s more to you than meets the eye. Whether you know it or not, you possess a wide range of skills, talents, and capabilities you…
Pathways to Peak Productivity
Your “Basic Choice” is the name I’ve given to the simple act of choosing what you’re going to do next. You make this Basic Choice…
Signposts of Growth
I remember when I watched a young couple in a San Francisco park enjoy their two-year-old daughter’s ability to climb up a couple of stairs…
Make the Most of Yourself
It’s a basic assumption of mine that if you work to your maximum capabilities, and steadily seek to grow those capabilities, in the long run…
How Good Are You, Really?
Deep down, we all want to know how good we are, really. But our ability to evaluate how good we are – at our work,…
Shake It Up
There are times when our work and our lives are going great, and times when that’s less true. But difficult times need not be all…
Not Easier, Better
As a fan of the Tour de France, arguably one of the most demanding athletic events on the planet, I have long been intrigued by…
More Thoughts on Resilience
I’ve written several times on resilience and how to achieve it, starting here and continuing through here. Now I’m doing it again. But this time…
The Power of Facing Your Fears
You’ll often hear various people say “anything that doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” and also “do something every day that scares you.” I’m on…
The Power of Giving
A lot of the advice you’ll see offered in the world – and let’s face it: a lot of the advice I give – centers…
Putting the Band Back Together
As I’ve suggested quite often, “one necessity for increasing your productivity and success is the ability to work well with people. Your performance often depends…
Validate Your Assumptions
A key but often overlooked foundation of most problem-solving attempts is the assumptions you accept in analyzing the situation and searching for a solution. Although…