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Everywhere you go, there you are.

“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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“I Intend To…”

Effective delegation, levels of empowerment, the limits of authority. All topics worthy of entire books, much less a single blog. So I’m

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Memorial Day: Are We Worthy?

On this Memorial Day, it behooves us to remember the long line of men and women who have died that we may

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Beware “Competitive Arousal”

For a staid business publication, the phrase sounds much too…exotic? But there it was, competitive arousal, in the first paragraph of a

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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

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The Secret of Success is No Secret

Toyota recently surpassed General Motors in the number of cars sold in the United States. Toyota enjoys a hard-won and long-held reputation

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Personal Mission Statement

“Happy talk, keep talking happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do, You gotta have a dream. If you don’t have

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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

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Go with your strengths, Backstop your weaknesses

None of us are perfect nor, in spite of our best efforts, will we ever be perfect. We all have weaknesses. We

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You can’t get enough of what you don’t need

“You can’t get enough of what you don’t need.” You may think you need it, but do you really? Is it what

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Celebrating Everyday Heroes

You see them every day. You may not realize it, or stop to think about it, or pause to appreciate them, but

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Don’t Believe Everything They Tell You: The Fuzzy Numbers Behind the Numbers

I love my country. I don’t always trust my government. Take the CPI, the Consumer Price Index: First, there is the current