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Any fool can muster up motivation and go for it. You may finally want to act on an idea or make your business work more efficiently in a moment of inspiration. However, acting simply on emotion and motivation without thinking through options, strategies and ideas can get costly and wasteful.
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I don't find games very engaging without keeping score. My kids are the same way. Once we inject some kind of scoring, it becomes much more fun, and the focus and intensity go up right away. It's natural. We've had decades of socializing trying
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It's Friday and most of the world is checking out. These days, with the connected economy, it's not much of a work day. But it's a great ritual every week to line up your next week. So, here's a little strategy you
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I saw this t-shirt at one of my son's track meets. That does sum things up when it comes to the playing field of life and business. I don't have much sorrow for talent that doesn't work hard. And I love the overcomer that
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My clients and friends know that I beat that mantra, "Most things don't matter." One area that this particularly applies to is vanity metrics. These are the stats, conversions or data that simply do not matter or are too cluttered to manage towards the one thing
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The amount of information that flows into our lives is bewildering. The continual ticker tape of news feeds and stock prices in the old days pales in comparison to every person getting their own say. It's so easy to push out a post or have an opinion and
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"The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways." ~ Robert Greene Things work ... until they don't. We bought stories previously that made sense. Advertising works because people pay attention. A horse and buggy is the way to travel. Everyone should
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As work relentlessly gets democratized, it's hard for people to get formal training that was once consolidated within large industrial companies. The internet does continually grow with knowledge and content and this should suffice to educate everyone. But it's hard to make sense of all the
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"If you are not authentic and passionate about what you do, someone who is will overtake you effortlessly." ~ Raj Rawat Drifting is a sad existence. You go through the motions and live an unfulfilled life. You're not only robbing yourself of great possibilities in this extremely
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I cannot overstate the value and pleasure of an unburdened life and clear mind. It's too easy to overcomplicate our lives with so many things that simply do not matter. I have observed the reality that Robert Ringer puts forth about human nature: Human beings, by nature, tend
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In my past life as an engineer, I used to visit manufacturing facilities, tool shops and fabrication outfits for project work. These are places where efficiency, speed and output are the focal point. Human beings acted like machines in their work pushing dozens or thousands of parts and assemblies through
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It sure is easy to get distracted. No doubt you can zone out with so many entertainment venues that are accessible. But while you are snoozing, there are so many people that are committed to personal growth in their downtime that are getting ahead. Think about the reality of the