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Too often emotion clouds our conversations in business. Sometimes, we think we are getting somewhere in a discussion with others, but in reality, there is just emotion being exchanged. And this can be ambiguous and dangerous. Feelings are important, but they can create a lot of unnecessary cycles when it
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"Money Loves Speed." ~ Joe Vitale When it comes to deal making, time is of the essence. This is especially true in our connected economy. People are extremely busy and inattentive. Thus, it's hard to depend on someone caring as much as you do to move towards
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If you are like me, you are being inundated with information on many different fronts. Email is our work. So are social media, text, calls, etc. It's not something to escape from, it's what you are responsible for. Information flows through you as part of the
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Well, it's another week and the business cycle continues with a certain cadence. Business professionals flood inboxes in the early part of the week. Things let up by the end of the week even to the point of complete checking out on Fridays before the weekend. When you
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I like this quote from author and speaker, Rabbi Harold Kushner, "Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live
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Initiative comes with a lot of risk. If something doesn't work, then there's always the shadow of failure. But initiative is also a powerful differentiator. Most people are standing around waiting for something to happen. And if you are able to start something, then you can
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I'm sipping coffee this morning working and enjoying the view slopeside at Steamboat Springs. I have seen a lot of beginners from my suite taking some hard falls as they are learning how to turn and maneuver on their snowboards. I cringe when I see the hard ones.
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I don't think opportunities are hard to come by. In fact, every time I talk with someone, I realize, from past history, there are likely a dozen ways to do a deal or project together. The question is whether I can tune in from my own background and
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First and foremost, I want to wish you and yours a Happy New Year! I hope it's been a good one, and if it has been less than expected, I hope you're on an improving trajectory. I think that one of the great things of taking
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I can only imagine how much pushback employees at Coca-Cola gave when their management decided to pull the plug on voice mail. Can you see the arguments for keeping it around? Lots of defense of the status quo. The reality is that a whole generation is in the workforce now
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It's easy to miss the point of your work. It may not be that you have necessarily arrived or are pinned to doing the same work day in and day out. That's pretty absurd when you have access to the world at large in our connected
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The year has flown by for me and I wanted to simply take a moment and be thankful for the many blessings, friends and kindness I have experienced in this last year. When I step back, I can only smile. Life and work can get pretty exhausting and it'