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Big Rocks

Big rocks is a time management technique of always scheduling the most important things first. Big rocks are the things that absolutely

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“My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.”*

The child who was to become the famous psychiatrist Dr. Milton Erickson was color blind, tone deaf, dyslexic, and contracted polio at

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“Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”

T. Harv Eker theorizes in his book, “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind,” that the rich, the ultra-successful, are not so much smarter

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30 Methods of Influence: #15 Let Arguments Fly Out Open Windows

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 15. Let arguments fly out open windows. Give no answer to contentious arguments or

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The Limits of Policy Manuals

The New York Times Sunday business section has a regular feature called “The Corner Office,” that runs interviews with CEOs of small

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Kill Your Television!

One of the great blessings of my childhood is that we did not have a TV set until I was in the

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Pop-Cap: Illusions of Substance

Every day it seems we are bombarded with news of some new psychological scientific study revealing some fascinating new factoid about human

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30 Methods of Influence: #14 Admit Your Mistakes, Apologize, Ask for Forgiveness

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 14. Admit your mistakes, apologize, ask for forgiveness. When we are party to seriously

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Ask! They Won’t Always Tell You What You Want To Know

We are continually re-learning the lessons of life, even the small everyday ones. I pride myself on being an entrepreneur, someone who

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The Grass Is Always Greener

Oh, we humans! We are soooooo predictably irrational. We keep making the same mistakes over and over and over again. It would

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Reversible Destiny: “Do Not Go Gentle”

Ah, death. The Grim Reaper. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. It comes to us all eventually, no matter how eloquently we

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The Complaint Diet: Act or Accept but Never Complain

Don’t complain. Easier said then done, especially when you include mental complaints. Try it! I dare you to go on a “complaint