In his book Mastery, George Leonard writes that “we all aspire to mastery, but the path is always long and sometimes rocky, and it promises no quick …
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Sell or Be Sold
Everything in life is sales. Succeeding at selling leads to succeeding at life — both personally and professionally. (click to tweet) Whatever you do …
Self Development and Communication: 6 Ways to Elevate Your Life by Elevating Your Communication
“The best communication occurs when both people are sincere—one sincerely wishing to learn or listen, and the other sincerely wishing to share.”—Jim …
Achieving Self-Ownership Through Skin in the Game
“What matters isn’t what a person has or doesn’t have; it is what he or she is afraid of losing.“—Nassim Nicholas Taleb (from Skin in the …
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Turning Weakness into Strength
A few days ago, the wife and I found out that our two year-old, Nora—who’d been coughing and crying and causing all kinds of chaos—had caught …
Idea Killers
Throughout your long, beautifully fantastic life, it’s very likely you’ll interact with a wide range of different characters. Some of them will be …
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson : Book Summary
12 Rules For Life: An Antidote To Chaos By Jordan B. Peterson About: Over the years, (former) Harvard and (current) University of Toronto …
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How to Make Yourself Indispensable
How indispensable do you believe yourself to be …to your employer? …to your customers? …to anyone you rely on to regularly exchange value …
30 More Life Lessons Learned in 30 Years
Last year, on my 30th birthday, I published a piece on the 30 Life Lessons I Learned in 30 Years. Both the article and podcast versions of that piece …
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How to Find Your Why and Communicate Your Purpose
All businesses, organizations, and careers operate on three levels: (1) WHAT we do, (2) HOW we do it, and (3) WHY we do it.We’re all acquainted with …
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The Ultimate Guide to Developing Self-Discipline
If you lookup the definition of self-discipline, you’ll usually see something like this: Self-discipline is the power to get yourself to take action …
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Action Leads to Motivation
The majority of people looking for motivation will wait for something, or someone, to come around and motivate them before they can get up and take …