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Simple Ideas, Complex Execution

The secrets to success often lie in plain sight. They are secrets only because we chose to overlook them. Sometimes the most

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Think Like a Street Kid

Entrepreneurship has many facets. One of them is the ability to think like a street kid. Tough, nimble, resourceful, relying solely on

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One Worry

An article ran in a recent Wall Street Journal suggesting that one of the biggest issues facing executives is time management. It

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Holiday Advice: Drink Up! (Water That Is)

Concerned about over-indulging in calories during the holidays, or any big food-oriented event? Drinking a glass of water 30 minutes before a

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

A recent Business Week article focused on the lack of etiquette skills of the millennials currently graduating from college: “They’ve grown up

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Today is a New Day…

“Today is a new day and I am a new Nathan, totally free to make new choices.” This is one of my

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Too Easy = Harder?

Princeton University psychologist Daniel Oppenheimer did a study where information was presented to two groups in two formats: One printed in small,

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Every Yes is a No

Most of us are limited in some respect, often by time, money, or energy. This is true for organizations as well as

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The Not So Sorry Sorry, or the Apology That is Not an Apology

All of us have received an insincere apology, one we doubted was authentic. Here are some thoughts on apologies. How to give

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Don’t Solve the Problem, Build the Problem Solver

This most definitely falls under the heading of sharing what I most want to learn. When you are good at problem-solving it

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To Know and Not Do Is To Not Know

I sometimes lead a short personal leadership course for the incoming real estate grad students at the University of Florida. I often

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Directing the Monkey Mind

Lee Kuan Yew was prime minister of Singapore from its founding in 1965 until 1990. As the father of modern-day Singapore, he