This is About That: Deconstructing Your Approach to Preparation

  “Your past isn’t your past if it’s still affecting your present.” -Pete Wilson, best-selling author My wife and I read very different books. I’m into non-fiction books of the leadership, business, self-help and spirituality variety. She reads science-fiction fantasy sagas. While we were dating, I tried to get her to read books I enjoyed…

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3 Manageable Preparation Ideas for the Non-Planner

I’m not a planner. Blame it on the “P” in my Myers-Briggs, but the idea of spending time developing a long-term plan for something a year down the road is draining. I’m naturally wired to discover the future one day at a time and prefer working on short-term projects rather than ongoing long-term endeavors. However,…

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Undervalued: Why Preparation is Your Next Best Investment

Can you remember watching your dad shave when you were a little boy? Or watching your mom put her makeup on in the morning? I wanted to be like my dad, and I think I even had a little toy razor so I could imitate him. Admiring and even envying the achievements of others is…

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How Introverts Can Command Attention on Any Professional Stage

If you struggle with the idea of promoting your achievements in public, these tips can help. Here’s how introverts can command attention.

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Evaluating Stuff: Clearing the Way for Future Selves

Whether our clutter is in a closet or on a bookshelf, Evaluating Stuff is essential. We must think about what we own, and how it impacts who we’ve been and who we’d like to become.

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3 Tips for Better Living in the Moment

The inability to live in the moment is troubling and widespread. How do we keep from diverting our focus from the here and now and remain present?

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How Censorship Can Lead to Freedom

Can censorship lead to freedom? These lessons drawn from a TEDx talk that went terribly wrong seem to suggest that it can.

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Maintaining Patience in an Impatient World

Some great things – maybe most great things – don’t happen quickly. How do we know when to have patience, and when to be proactive and make a change?

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5 Difficult People You Meet at Work (and How to Respond with Wisdom)

We all have to work with difficult people – sometimes we may even be them! But how do we respond with wisdom to people at work that challenge us?

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The Hardest Transition We’ll Make: From Self-Leadership to Leading Others

Leading others involves an incredible amount of flexibility and a new set of skills. Making the professional leap from self-leadership to leading others can be a tricky transition. Here’s how to navigate through.

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How to Avoid Death by Committee

There’s a fine line between getting feedback on a project and allowing your project to succumb to death by committee. How do you avoid an abundance of unhelpful input?

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In Praise of Ordinary Time

While the holiday season is twinkly and festive, the break from routine is not writer Molly Page’s favorite time of the year. Instead, she’s a self-proclaimed ordinary time fanatic.

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