Turning Failure to Your Advantage
Failure can be a powerful teacher—if you process it carefully and wring all the juice out of it. Here are 5 steps for turning failure to your[...]
Michael Hyatt
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Michael Hyatt
The Undervalued Zone of the Freedom Compass
Some tasks you don't enjoy or do well. But that can change with 4 strategies for developing your passion and proficiency for any kind of[...]
Michael Hyatt
5 Reasons You Need a Business Coach
In early 2002, I was the general manager of Nelson Books, one of Thomas Nelson Publishers’ fourteen divisions. In eighteen months, we had gone from number[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Weigh the Benefits of In-Person and Remote Work
Many companies are struggling with the question of in-person vs. remote work. Here are the benefits of both, and a third way to[...]
Megan Hyatt Miller
How to Grow Your Business with 20% of the Work
Leaders should only be in the first and last 10% of any project. Here's how to take back the middle 80%, so you can focus on high-leverage[...]
Michael Hyatt
Rescue Your Goals in 4 Simple Steps
If you’ve fallen behind on a goal you hoped to achieve, you’re in good company. You still have agency in this story. To rescue your goals, start by[...]
Michael Hyatt
How to Grow Your Company Without Your Constant Involvement
It really is possible for business owners to build a self-scaling company without their constant involvement. Here's[...]
Michael Hyatt
Leveraging the Planner as a Business Tool
The Full Focus Planner is a tool that brings transformation. Here’s how business owners can leverage it to make progress toward their[...]
Michael Hyatt
The Key to Diagnosing and Solving Your Business Problems
Most leaders are born problem solvers. But if we’re not careful, we misdiagnose most problems. Here are 3 elements that help you solve any business[...]
Michael Hyatt
5 Steps to a Bigger, Better Future
Follow these 5 steps to develop a clear, compelling view of the future without talking yourself out of it before you[...]
Michael Hyatt
A Pathway Through Crisis for Entrepreneurs
Success in a time of disruption is about being proactive rather than reactive. Here is a 4-step process for working through a[...]
Michael Hyatt
7 Ways Successful Creatives Think Differently than Unsuccessful Ones
I have worked with authors for more than three decades. Based on my observations, here are 7 characteristics that separate the highly successful ones from the[...]
Michael Hyatt
5 Reasons Why You Should Commit Your Goals to Writing
Writing your goals down is one of the most important actions you can take to obtain the life you want. Sadly, most people don’t do it. Here are five why[...]
Michael Hyatt
New Coke: Anatomy of a Terrible Decision
The Coca-Cola Company’s own website admits that it was probably “a day that will live in marketing infamy.” On April 23, 1985, Coke Chairman and CEO[...]
Jeremy Lott
Leader: Know Thy Biases
The road sign in my home state of Washington read: “Litter and it will hurt.” I didn’t think twice about it, but our guests from nearby Vancouver,[...]
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Slow That Decision Down
“Don't rush me, sonny! You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles,” warned Billy Crystal, costumed up as Miracle Max in the 1987 classic The[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Hobbies for Perfectionists
The Wharton-educated bank executive quits weekend bird-watching excursions after missing a prothonotary warbler (rare orange and yellow-headed songbird)[...]
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The Science of Play
As a kid who wasn’t allowed to watch television, the focus of my childhood was play. The games are too many to count. There was, for example, a little girl[...]
Erin Wildermuth
Churchill’s Finest Hobby
Winston Churchill once wrote that “The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first importance”. He knew this well. Even[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Stop Busywork Now!
You already know that busywork does nothing more than create the perception that people are working harder than they really are. In fact, 65 percent of your[...]
RiShawn Biddle
Meetings Gone Wildly Wrong
Timothy Wiedman was once a top regional manager for a national retail photofinishing company. He worked hard. Thanks to the company’s “use it or lose it”[...]
Andrea Williams
How to Lead Remote Workers
The long-running debate on the value of working remotely has been rendered moot, at least for now, by the coronavirus. Pundits and consultants have debated[...]
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When Goals Don’t Cut It, Focus on Obstacles
Emily wanted to work in marketing. She was young and had no experience. She’d skipped college and used a portfolio of work and a Praxis apprenticeship to win[...]
Isaac Morehosue
Why After-Action Reviews Are So Important
One of the critical differences between military and civilian organizations is that most military organizations can only simulate their wartime missions in[...]
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