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Self-Handicapping

Self-handicapping is behavior that protects a person from being responsible for failure. Self-handicapping can be a form of self-sabotage: Some people may

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An Absolute Fiend for Preparation

Rusty Hardin, 70, was the Houston attorney for baseball great Roger Clemens for Clemens’ 2012 acquittal on perjury charges for purported drug

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Feedback: The Fuel of Champions

Warning: This is a “put on your big-boy pants” blog. Ahead are ego-challenging, non-sugar-coated statements. Many people are challenged to take feedback

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Tips to Tame E-Mail

– Read and respond only to those messages directed to you. – If you are only copied, the message is informational only.

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First IQ, Then EQ, and Now PQ

IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, measures our basic mathematical and verbal intelligence. EQ, or Emotional Quotient, measures our emotional awareness, both of ourselves

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In Memorium, Stephen R. Covey

Stephen R. Covey, Herald of Good Habits, Dies at 79 By DOUGLAS MARTIN As appeared in The New York Times, Tuesday, July

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Triage: Can You Walk The Line?

Triage is a medical term for the process, in an emergency or disaster, of separating the injured into three groups: 1. The

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You’ve Got to Lose Sleep at Night

“If you don’t take losses (errors) seriously, if it doesn’t really bother you, I don’t think you are going to be a

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Six Powerful Principles of Persuasion

1. The Rule of Reciprocation: “We try to repay in kind what another person has provided us.” People tend to return a

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Peter Drucker on Leadership

Often at night I will read for a few minutes to quiet my mind, to fill my subconscious with productive or inspirational

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Myers-Briggs Doesn’t Lie, I’m an Introvert

Do you have to be an extrovert to be a leader? Jack Welch, famed former CEO of General Electric, once said to

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Opportunity Meetings

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. “All one can hope to get by solving a problem is to