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“Stretch goal” is a phrase popularized by Jack Welch, the highly-regarded former CEO of General Electric (G.E.). Stretch goals are those that
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Thesis: Rules are for the guidance of the wise and the blind obedience of fools. Rules are funny things. You need them,
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Many of us are afraid of failure. Yet there are certain kinds of “failure” that can be beneficial. I’m defining incremental failure
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Every action has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is – the cost, the sacrifice made, in choosing one mutually-exclusive option over another
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Self-compassion is how kindly you treat yourself, how gentle you are in evaluating yourself. Is your self-talk considerate? Do you give yourself
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Normally, I’m pretty happy when I visit my company’s communities. A rare exception occurred a while ago that I’ve not forgotten. Two
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My recent morning and evening reading has been focused on “Undefended Love,” by Jett Psaris & Marlena S. Lyons. Its thesis is
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“Everywhere you go, there you are” means to me that change must ultimately come from within. I used to think that if
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The “maladaptive perfectionist” exists in contrast to the adaptive perfectionist (see Monday’s blog post). Maladaptive perfectionists need to be perfect at EVERYTHING
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I have made a life-long study of risk and people’s perceptions of risk and their reactions to it. After all, the El
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Is perfectionism a good thing? Or a bad thing? Like many things in life, it depends. If you are an “adaptive perfectionist,”
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Emotion can be thought of as energy in motion. To change your mood, MOVE! Or change your circumstances. The other day I