Manage Your Reputation
When someone views you narrowly, it's easy for them to assign a label. You may be labeled as smart, insecure, reactive, arrogant.... and each label is convenient but masks complexity. A label collapses the past, present and future [...]
Clear Your Mind
A good day starts with a mind that is clear and present. This is rare, for your mind may be often hijacked by drama or dullness. Drama can take the form of anxiety, criticism, or [...]
Accountability and Encouragement
It sounds simple: To get people to follow through, hold them accountable for results. Make a plan, get commitments, review progress, adjust as needed, and reward outcomes. Very orderly. However, we human beings are not [...]
Special and Ordinary
Which attitude is best for success: (A) I am special or (B) I am ordinary? By feeling special, you step forward with ambition and confidence. You may feel you naturally deserve success, and you scan for [...]
Meaning vs. Happiness
Do you want a happy life or a meaningful life? Happiness is about pleasure and satisfaction. It is a here-and-now thing, a feeling of excitement or contentment that can fade within the hour. Play [...]
Anxiety and Encouragement
What keeps you from being productive? The #1 productivity killer is not the absence of Knowledge, Skill, or Enough Time. It is Anxiety. Anxiety is your escort when you are afraid to fail; you want [...]