How to Make Your Non-Fiction Reading More Productive
I’m a serious reader and have been most of my life. Most leaders I know are. We realize there’s a major ROI on time dedicated to reading.
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The Surprising Benefit of Being Inflexible
When I coach people on reaching their goals, I advise them to be flexible on their strategies.
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How to Make Positivity Go Viral in Your Organization
We’re used to hearing about people getting sick at the office. Someone brings in the cold or the flu, and it spreads.
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3 Simple Rules for a Marriage You Love
As a leader, the health of your marriage directly impacts your effectiveness. Nothing will undermine it faster than a bad marriage.
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What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
Inside of each of our heads lives a storyteller. He narrates the events of our lives in real time. But we don’t have to accept his version of reality.
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When and How to Use Habits to Achieve Your Goals
Great results don’t just happen. You don’t usually drift to a destination you would have chosen.
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How to Ensure You Never Have Another Terrible Meeting
Ask leaders about the most efficient way to be inefficient, and I bet most will say “bad meetings.
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How to Take Responsibility after a Major Mistake
One key to leadership is being willing to take responsibility for your mistakes. Good leaders do this even when they’re guilty of only 10 percent of the…
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How to Win Big in a Constantly Changing Marketplace
In her book The Future and Its Enemies, Virginia Postrel classifies people as either stasists or dynamists. Stasists resist change and try to tightly manage it.
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How to Use Activation Triggers™ to Reach Your Goals this Year
More than a decade ago, I decided I needed to get back into regular exercise. I was overweight and tired of feeling exhausted. I needed to do something.
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The Fine Line Between Working Hard and Letting Go
In life, we have to learn there is a fine line between working hard and forcing an outcome that isn’t meant to be.
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3 Non-Physical Benefits to Running
We all know the physical benefits to running. However, people who don’t run, often miss the non-physical ones. Here are three.
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5 Research-Backed Benefits of Making Generosity a Habit
We’ve all heard it’s more blessed to give than to receive. Probably like you, I take that on faith.
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4 Innovation Lessons from the Crazy Success of Instagram
I’m already seeing a lot of Christmas images on Instagram, and I expect to see a flood in the next few days.
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6 Powerful Apps for Managing Social Media with a Team
Social media remains one of the most efficient ways for leaders to get heard and make a difference.
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The Self-Leadership Secrets of Extreme Athletes
Sometimes leading a business can feel like running a marathon. That’s especially true when our goals seem ambitious, daunting, and a long way off.
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Why You Shouldn’t Bother Making New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are as old as time, but that doesn’t mean they’re very effective.
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How to Avoid 3 Pitfalls of Goal-Setting
I’ve been an advocate of goal-setting for decades. Most successful people I know are. They set big goals and recommend others do as well.
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The 2 Most Powerful Words for Reaching Your Goals
Tell me this hasn’t happened to you: At the end of the year, you brainstorm several goals. You start the New Year full of determination and enthusiasm.
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If Your Life Were a Game, What Would the Score Be?
You know the adage, “What you don’t measure, you can’t improve”? That’s obviously true for sports, science, and business.
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Why Giving Thanks Gives You an Edge
Duke University’s Mike Krzyzewski is the winningest coach in college basketball. His players have won over a thousand games and five national championships.
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Why Gratitude Makes All the Difference in Hitting Your Goals
When I asked successful business and thought leaders how they prepared to reach their goals in the upcoming year, several said gratitude gave them an edge.
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Is Gratitude Your Trigger for an Amazing Year?
I’ve studied high achievers for decades. They all have different traits and habits that make them unique, but what I find fascinating are all the commonalities.
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3 Key Revelations About Effective Teams
This week my team met for strategic planning. We set aside several days so the leadership team could review our values, goals, and budget.
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