presumption of merit

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Presumption of Merit

Work goes more smoothly when we remember it is just business. Way too much time and energy is diverted if someone chooses

you can't talk your way out

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You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of What You’ve Behaved Yourself Into

Actually, you could possibly talk your way out a few times, particularly if you can spin a good story and vary the

personal brand

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Personal Brand

What is your “personal brand”? What do people expect from you? What do they associate with you? What attributes come to mind

if you squeeze an orange

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If You Squeeze An Orange, You Don’t Get Lemon Juice

Crisis does not so much create character as it reveals character. Under stress our facade often cracks and our true selves are

a ton of bricks

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A Ton of Bricks

If you get hit by a ton of bricks, consider how to use them to lay a firm foundation for continuing on.

what do you do when you do nothing

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What Do You Do When You Do Nothing?

The question is for real. It is not intended to be a koan.* “What do you do when you do nothing?” asks

regret minimalization

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Regret Minimalization

A friend who is in his fifties just made a significant career change. I was in for a surprise when I asked

all go same distance

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We All Go the Same Distance in Life…

We all go the same distance in life, it’s just that some of us go in circles. And if circles are what

what i learned from that

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What I Learned From That

Mistakes happen. I don’t like them. I aspire daily to excellence, to improvement, to ever higher levels. However, I acknowledge that daily

all actions teach

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All Actions Teach the Belief System That Motivates Them

So what did you teach today? I find this question a powerful behavior modifier. I take my responsibilities as a parent, a

who do you think you are

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Who Do You Think You Are?

“Who do you think you are?” is an idiom, an expression, a rhetorical question that is often used to confront someone we

can you summon talent

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Can You Summon Your Talent at Will?

In the movie, “Devil’s Advocate,” Al Pacino is the devil in human form attempting to tempt Keanu Reeves, both of whom play