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Personal Development

“Do The Work” – A Book Review

Personal Development

What comes first is the idea, the passion, the dream of the work we are so excited to create that it scares the hell out of us.  Steven Pressfield  from “Do The Work” Do you need a good kick in the butt to start a project? Or are you in the middle of the project [...]

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Save the Words

Personal Development

Did you know 90% of what is written today is with only 7000 words? Yet the Oxford Dictionary currently has 171,476 words in the current usage and 47,156 obsolete words. Every year hundreds of words are dropped from the English language. If you love writing and are crazy about words (like I am) check out [...]

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The Extinction of Right & Wrong

Personal Development

Whatever happened to right and wrong? Lack of effort to pay attention in meetings or read emails gets filed under miscommunication. Someone doesn’t do their job and it’s because of the lack of buy-in or lack of engagement. No one fails anymore they lack training. What would happen to the work place if we brought [...]

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A Must Read from Ron Edmondson

Personal Development

Pastor Ron Edmondson wrote a post today entitled “10 Problems with Doing the Best You Know How.”  There’s lots of wisdom in this article and  felt I needed to share it. You can get to it by clicking here.

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Turning Criticism into a Game Plan

Personal Development

One of the most difficult things I have learned is how to take and process criticism.  Nobody likes to be criticized, but if you are a leader – criticism will come.  Part of the leadership identity is determining who to take criticism from and what to do with it. Those of us with a job, [...]

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6 Steps to Finding Direction in Your Life

Personal Development

My hero of antiquity is Leonardo da Vinci.  He did not become defined by his upbringing, or day job. History defines da Vinci as a Renaissance Man. All that he accomplished can be found in this post. In modern times, with the 40+ hour work week, it’s hard to imagine accomplishing as much as da [...]

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