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Thought du Jour
Planning your career is largely a matter of deciding what kinds of problems you’d like to have… that is to say, what kinds of questions you’d like to spend your time answering, and under what kinds of...
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3 Great Models for Answering the Question, “What should I do for the rest (or...
Career Coaching — n. — The ultimate chicken-and-egg problem. Much career advice has the following underlying presupposition: “First of all, you have know what you want.” Sure, that makes sense. Set...
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O.D.D. Behavior: What to do if you “Care Too Much”
In the nascent field of O.D.D. (Organizational Dysfunctional Development), one of the patterns that can be recognized is that of The Person Who Cares Too Much. The Person Who Cares Too Much is the...
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The Ant and the Grasshopper: Living a fable-ous life
Back in grade school, one of our French language teachers taught us La Fontaine’s fables, the first of which was “La cigale et la fourmi,” aka, “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” after Aesop. I hated this...
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Changing course is how we maintain it, of course
Thomas Jefferson’s serpentine walls at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville teach us that the shortest distance between two points is not always straight line… especially if you’re on a tight...
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Fast-paced vs. Deliberate Thinkers: Who Wins? (A Quick Analysis)
Department of Organizational Life Basics: SITUATION: Two people are discussing a potential solution to a problem. One person is faster-paced in their thinking and the other is more deliberate or...
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Maps and Guides
When you’re in a tough situation, it helps to have a map and a guide. A map is a set of information — it provides a structured view of reality so that you can make sense of the sensory chaos, have a...
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Comparing Grass Under the Snow
It’s hard to compare whether the grass is greener on the other side, when both sides are covered with snow. In plain words: Those contemplating change often operate with massively incomplete...
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Almost-but-not-quite-Spring: 12 Thoughts on Clean-up, Leadership, Tough Love...
(experimental photo-essay, using chiastic structure) #1 — Winter’s blanket recedes to reveal remnants of Fall and the Summer before it. The calendar says Spring. We can’t wait to get to work and start...
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Taking the Cue: Lean In, Baby.
“Anything worthwhile to your heart and soul will elicit fear and self-doubt; THIS IS YOUR CUE TO PROCEED.” - Paul Jun Deciding to go ahead and have a baby. Accepting an offer for a demanding,...
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5 Fitness Tips for Busy Businesspeople
Regular exercise is the secret weapon of almost all the senior executives and high performing business people that I meet… and it’s a pattern of behavior that I’ve personally adopted and stuck to....
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Detroit’s Potential – Photo Essay
The parking lot attendant said to me, “You trying to capture the essence of Detroit?” “Yeah, something like that.” He scoffed, shaking his head at the empty buildings surrounding this empty parking lot...
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Timing Is Everythi-
It’s human nature to pay attention to coincidences. We delight in things lining up “just so,” and we ascribe a deeper hidden meaning to when people and events seem to conspire to behave in perfect...
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Thought du Jour: Clarification
Any attempt to write a textbook on the subject of how to deal well with ambiguity kinda misses the point.
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You Are Fully Booked, Whether You Realize It Or Not
"I'm not only the Client, I'm the Player President." - Biggie
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14 Songs About Change — A Trainer’s Personal Playlist
"Danny man say, brighten up your day and never feel no weight." - Danny Marley, with Ziggy Marley Change is a complex topic as you'll see from this list of songs (with lyrical excerpts) -- about 56...
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Close the Gap – Creative Perseverance
A short and sweet video pep talk for aspiring creative types, by Ira Glass: A creative person is often a sensitive person — a person who is keenly aware of all of their senses, all of their feelings...
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Coffee, Chocolate and Love Songs: Mindfulness for the Cynic
Originally posted on Dan Spira:When we were teenagers (assuming you the reader are not currently a teenager or a preteen), we often experienced music in a peculiarly personal way. Listening to a given...
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A Mountain of Inspirational Quotations
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." - Zig Ziglar
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Quote du Jour Redux: Simplify
Expectation is the unnecessary husk around the kernel of desire.
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