You Can Say Whatever You Need to Say [So Long as You Say It with Respect]

Karma is real and even though it sometimes doesn’t look like your acts of good will receive a reply, they will. First, it’s good for your soul to treat people well, keep your promises and leave others...

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There’s a real difference between being busy and being productive, as you know. Most people are extraordinarily busy. Very few people are extraordinarily productive. The distinction lives, not in ho...

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Study for an hour a day. It’s remarkable how many people are unprepared. They show up for meetings with little advance knowledge, deal with customers with minimal expertise and have little sense over ...

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Living the noble virtues of honesty, generosity, justice, understanding, compassion, forgiveness and civility never goes out of style. Decency is always hip. And showing the best of your humanity is d...

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Whether you’re a CEO, a startup founder, a bread maker, a student or a teacher, you are an artist. When a meaningful project calls for your full attention, give it exactly that—by removing everything...

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A key principle in the methodology I share with organizations who bring me in for leadership work is The 10x Value Obsession. Yes, become outright obsessed with delivering rich and extreme and unexpec...

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Don't use a phone in front of another human being you've committed to spending time with. Technology - intelligently used - is awesome. Properly leveraged, it allows for great things to happen and can...

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I do believe that the finest goal for a life greatly lived is to work daily to remember who you truly are (before the busyness and hurts of the world blocked you from this knowledge). I am speaking of...

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