When You’re Just Too Tired to Make the Right Call
When do you make your best decisions, at the end of a day crammed with meetings and calls? Or early in the morning after a day of rest?
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Why The Best Reading App Available Today Is Not What You Think
This is going to sound crazy. After all, I run an online content business. But the best reading app for comprehension, emotional engagement, and more is ……
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What to Do When You’re Afraid to Commit
When we think of the fear of commitment, we usually picture a guy who’s been dating a girl since forever and won’t get off the dime, right?
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3 Surprising Reasons Every Entrepreneur Needs Regular Exercise
Exercise used to be the last thing on my mind. Now it’s a regular part of my life, and I can’t imagine missing the benefits—especially as an entrepreneur.
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What You Do Right Before Bed Determines How Productive and Focused You’ll Be Tomorrow
I have written and talked a lot about how the right morning routine can set you up for a productive day. The same is true for nighttime rituals.
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Don’t Hire People Unless the Batteries Are Included
Some gadgets come with batteries and some don’t. If I told you it’s the same with people, what kind would you like to work with: those with or without…
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How to Defeat the Terrible Tyranny of Tiny Tasks
My wife, Gail, recently purchased a DVD set of The Jetsons. Remember that? The cartoon imagined what life would be like in the future: robots, flying cars, and…
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Why You Don’t Need a Huge Platform to Get Published—And What it Really Takes Instead
These days everyone knows that you need a platform to get published. But if you’re like a lot of people I meet, you’re overwhelmed, short on time, and not sure…
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How Entrepreneurs Can Succeed at Work Without Blowing Up Their Marriages
If I had a dollar for every time people asked my wife, Gail, how she lives with an entrepreneur, I wouldn’t have to be one. Scratch that.
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The Secret Benefits of Standing While You Sleep
I’ve been talking about the benefits of working at a standup desk for years now. Standing makes you feel happier and more energetic.
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Who Makes the Best Entrepreneurs? It’s Not Who You Think
When I think of an entrepreneur, I think of someone forward-thinking, creative, energetic, and relentless. I also think of someone forty and up. What?
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How Much Business Is Your Profanity Costing You?
I follow a lot of speakers, bloggers, and podcasters who swear on stage, on screen, and at the microphone.
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Why Exercising Now Matters for Your Future
I sometimes talk with people who say they don’t have enough time to exercise. The older I get the more that reminds me of people who say they don’t have enough…
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4 Reasons You Should Buy a Standup Desk—Right Now
Modern Americans are the most sedentary people in world history. We sit nearly all day in our homes, cars, and offices—all before laying in bed for hours every…
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How to Make a New Habit Stick
We’re over seventy days into the New Year. How are you doing with your goals and resolutions?
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5 Lifelines for Finding Peace in Difficult Times
I start a lot of books. I quit the bad, finish the good, and come back again and again to the truly great.
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Why Customer Service is the New Marketing
If you make a stellar product but don’t provide stellar customer service, guess what you won’t have? Very many customers.
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3 Reasons We Should Be Slow to Judge
When I think of key leadership qualities, decisiveness is always high on the list. The ability to quickly size up a situation and act is essential.
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3 Ways You’re Giving up Power with Your Words
Our words can be powerful tools to accomplish our goals. But sometimes the things we say can sabotage our success.
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What I Learned from Donald Miller about Being Brave
Donald Miller’s newest book, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy, is out and off to a great start. I can see why. It’s his best book so far.
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One Old-Tech Secret for High Achievers
Everyone knows I geek out when it comes to new technology. But sometimes old tech is the best tech, and that goes for taking notes.
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4 Ways to Beat the Resistance and Reach Your Goals This Year
It’s about that time. Based on the statistics, a large percentage of people who made New Year’s resolutions are thinking about throwing in the towel.
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How MLK Made a Better World in Just 10 Years
When Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the ministerial call from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, he was just twenty-five years old.
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3 Major Mistakes I Haven’t Shared Until Now
People often look at my success and assume I haven’t had any failures. Excuse me while I laugh. Have you seen my recent blooper reel?
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