Archive for September 2019
Take Control of Your Life With This One Word
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford Your thoughts dictate your actions. This isn’t a revelatory concept. And yet, many of us are sabotaging ourselves on a daily basis with our words and thoughts. There is one word in particular that’s beating us before we even begin. A…
Read MoreThe Most Important Question in Any Negotiation
Negotiations, you either love’em, or they inspire such awkward dread that you curl into the fetal position and simply give up before ever actually advocating for yourself. There’s something unique about the American perspective on negotiations. In most other places around the globe, haggling is the norm. In fact, for many people, it’s all part…
Read MoreThe Secret to a Winning Morning Routine
The quest for improved productivity is Sisyphean. Bit by bit we push the boulder up the mountain only to occasionally stumble, lose our grip on that chunk of granite, and then get summarily smooshed by the damned thing. Yeah, that’s right, we’re coming straight out the gates, swinging towards the fences with our weird, strange…
Read MoreThe Socratic Method for the Modern Leader
I love answering people’s questions. It fills my ego with an almost perverse sort of glee when somebody comes to me with a question I definitively know the answer to. The joy my ego derives is directly linked to the unspoken power I now wield over the other person. Now, you might disagree, thinking the…
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