Society admires dead heroes. Great statues, famous painting, modern books, and federal holidays pay homage to great figures from the past. These historical heroes are held in high esteem, so people …
Forged Not Built
The most valuable skills and capabilities are not built in advance, they are forged through experience. We like to think that we can build new capabilities before we are actually challenged to put …
How to Learn What You’ve Learned
Learning from experience teaches you a lot, but it is easy to miss the lesson if your head is buried in work. If you're not conscious it's easy to take deep and valuable lessons for granted. Taking …
Three Morning Actions to Make Your Day More Productive
Earlier this week I wrote about the importance of momentum in work. How taking action early in the day it makes you more productive later in the day. It's not a new idea--people have been talking …
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Patience + Persistence
Getting what you want is much simpler than you imagine. You don't need to find a magic hack. You don't need to stress day in and day out. You just to need start doing something today that will lead …
Commerce Brings Light to the Darkest Places (Wonder Woman)
Last night I watched Wonder Woman for the first time. It is a great movie--probably my favorite superhero movie since the Dark Knight--and a true hero's tale that is refreshing among the sea of dark …
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