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Always Present Options: Focus on what you can do, rather than what you can’t do

“It is a central tenet of the Marines’ war fighting philosophy that each subordinate must provide options to his boss—tell him what

live the questions

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Live the Questions

To live the questions is to continually seek to expand the boundaries of your life, to push the edges of the envelope

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Accessing Collective Intelligence

A lot of smart people work for The Collier Companies. My fellow Team Members possess an incredible collective storehouse of knowledge and

happy your way through

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Happy Your Way Through Problems

“Happy your way through problems” does not mean being a Pollyanna or ignoring reality, but it does mean that you do not

responsible

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Responsible = Response Able

When you are “response able” you are able to choose your response. No “But I had no other choice.” No arguing for

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Don’t See The Wall

Don’t see the wall, don’t give in to the wall, don’t believe in the wall, don’t let the wall own you. The

shortcomings of superman

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The Shortcomings of Superman

Superman is my favorite comic book character. Don’t ask me why. There really is no rhyme or reason to these things. If

what you seek you find

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What You Seek, You Find

To an amazing extent, you choose the quality of your life by what you choose to focus on. Smile, and the whole

expect success plan for failure

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Expect Success, Plan for Failure

The more complex a system or situation, the more true this phrase is. I am a firm believer in having backups within

sleeping thru good parts

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Are You Sleeping Through the Good Parts?

Lots of people complain they do not have enough time but what they really mean is they do not have enough energy.

coat and tie vs global warming

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Coat & Tie vs. Global Warming: Which One Wins?

A recent New York Times article dealt with a 30-day experiment raising the thermostat settings (72 to 77 in general, 70 to

positivism

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Positivism: Solution-Oriented Thinking

A pessimist expects the worst and usually produces it. Dead end, blind alley negativism sees unchangeable past events and an unmanageable future.