Some recent posts by bloggers Seth Godin and Ben Casnocha have made me think a lot about one four letter word that most self-help authors abhor. Many of them consider it more inappropriate to use in a speech then the profanity of which it rhymes and others go so far as to discredit the factor […]
Building Confidence with Constructive Embarrassment
Embarrassment is not a pleasant emotion. From minor social faux-pas to those mistakes that result in public humiliation, nobody likes to be embarrassed. Jerry Seinfeld has a routine he does where he points out that in a list of top fears, public speaking was rated worse than death. His punch line is when he infers […]
What Do You Need to Stop?
We all have a large list of things that we need to do. We need to exercise, we need to eat right, we need to work productively. Our to-do lists grow more and more each day, until personal development and striving for a better life becomes just another check box right next to taking out […]
The Reality of Focus
Has anyone ever asked you if you see the glass as half-full or half-empty? Most of us can probably remember hearing this expression at one time or another. Although the real essence of the question, are you optimistic or pessimistic, is an important lesson, there is an even more important and subtle truth here. This […]
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