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Attitude of Gratitude

Picked up a book recently on the history of Europe from 1648 to 1815 (“Pursuit of Glory,” by Tim Blanning). It is

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Patience as an Active Emotion

I used to think of patience as a passive thing, something like raw intelligence, that you either were born with or you

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Mental Muscles

About 6 o’clock one recent Saturday morning I went downstairs and did a few reps on a Nautlius machine. The longer I

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Creating a Company Culture

I realized a long time ago that every company had its own unique culture. I wanted to have a special company, where

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Balancing Roles: Finding the Anchor Within

Life can be so complex, so busy, so hurried. So many roles, so many goals, so little time. What to do today,

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Principled Profit

I believe in the power of free markets and capitalism to create prosperity, to harness and direct human potential. But sometimes that

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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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A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste

“’A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,’ Vinod Khosla laments to Larry Page (co-founder of Google). The two Silicon Valley luminaries

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Create Choices, Not Traps

Always Endeavor to Create Choices, Never Let Yourself be Trapped To not have choices is to be trapped. A very real form

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Motivation & Leadership

It has been said there are no undisciplined people, only unmotivated people or those who have not tapped into their purpose. As

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Runaway CEO pay

Inevitable Consequence of Soviet-Style Democracy in Corporate Board Selection? Much has been made of the recent gargantuan pay days of many American

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Casting a worthy shadow

I think about leadership constantly. The greatest personal growth I have undergone has come from professional challenges I face growing a real