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Micromanaging Ourselves To Death

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Each day, there are hundreds of blog posts written, book proposals submitted, teleseminars and webinars hawked and videos produced, all focused on the same set of principles. Making the most of everything. Productivity. Passion pursuits. Extracting something meaningful out of every drop of life, work, and otherwise. But are we Read more »

Trusting your instincts

“They” say to trust your instincts. True enough, but which ones?… Second instincts View more presentations from Tamsen McMahon.

3-Stage Goals

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How many times have you set a goal…and just missed it? For a lot of us, “just missing it” is tantamount to failure. For recovering perfectionists like myself, it’s all too easy to see success in terms of black and white, and the goals that get us there as pass/fail Read more »

Small Changes, Big Results

Sometimes an idea is easier to express visually. This is one of those. Update!: Our friend Ron Ploof turned this into a movie for us. You can watch the video version here. (Thanks, Ron!)

How to Raise Your Profile, Online and Off

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It’s a question that comes up a lot: how do I stand out? how do I break in? how can I be successful? The answers are simple, but they’re not easy. Be active. Presence isn’t enough. You have to act. Whether that means you’re a company looking to break Read more »

Better

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“I’m better now.” That’s what my two-year-old says, clutching his Ghost Frog (there on the far right…), after a spill, or a tantrum, or a kiss for real and imagined wounds. It struck me the other day, when he said it, that that’s how I want to be able to Read more »

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