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Self-belief: The Foundation

You gotta believe in you. So much starts there. The world will take you at your word, the world will accept your

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Respect: The Nitty/Gritty Daily Practice

Folks, respect is a nice word, and we all nod our heads in agreement, believing in our minds we honor it in

Questions & Answers

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Questions from a Mentee, Part 2

Do you believe in luck? If so, how would you explain it? Luck is simply the intersection of preparation and opportunity combined

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Questions from a Mentee, Part One

Good morning Mr. Collier, I’ve been pondering the below questions, would love your insight. How do you keep good team members? How

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The Law of Unintended Consequences? Or The Law of Inadequate Analysis?

The Law of Unintended Consequences refers to the tendency of our actions to have outcomes other than our intentions and often at

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Highlight Reel or Bloopers/Worst Moments? What does Your Internal Film Editor Feature?

You spend more time inside your own mind than anywhere else. We continuously interpret events; filtering them through our world view, telling

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Success is Just a Skillset

Success, however you personally choose to define it, is just a skillset and a very learnable one at that. To be more

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Never Attribute a Lower Motive if You Can Imagine a Higher

We tend to give ourselves the benefit of our good intentions, carried out or not, yet we all too often attribute our

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You Never Arrive

The journey never ends. Personal growth, developing and cultivating your best self, the search for insight and wisdom, is a never-ending process.

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Just One More! The Power of Persistence and Patient Perseverance

Want success? Want to stand out? Be different/better? Simple! Just do a little bit more than others, just a little bit longer,

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What Are Your Self Stories?

Self-stories are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. We humans desperately want things to make sense, so we make up stories

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Craft Your Self-Concept with Care

Who do you think you are? What do you believe yourself capable of? And where did those beliefs come from? Do they