Category: Personal Organization

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Loss and Time 

When you lose something of great value – not a possession – but a relationship, an important job or client, a loved one, or a

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Slow and Steady 

Remember the fable of the tortoise and the hare? Slow and steady wins the race.  This is true in building and scaling businesses, too.   Most

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Enough, Revisited 

Merriam-Webster defines “enough” as “occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations”.1  A few years ago, I wrote

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Making Waves 

The only people not making waves of some kind are those sitting on the shore, not in the game.  If you want to do anything

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First “Who” 

In Good to Great, Jim Collins introduces a critical concept to the long-term success of any great institution (including an individual): first “who”, then “what”. 

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A Useful Life 

I recently ran across a Twitter post beginning with this statement…  “A busy life is not a symbol of status. It’s a symptom of trying

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Competitor Analysis 

Business owners and leaders have a very important task when setting goals and determining strategies: analyze the internal and external environments.  Internal analysis tends to

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The Right Rooms 

One of the most important questions business owners and leaders who are looking to grow must ask is: am I in the right rooms?  By

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Freedom to Abstain 

This quote in Ryan Holliday’s excellent Daily Stoic book jumped out at me recently: “Addiction is the loss of the freedom to abstain.”  Freedom. I

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