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Why Set Goals?
Yesterday and today I have been working with an organization, and part of the work has been to talk about goals, goal setting, and goal achievement. Perhaps because of my current focus, this quotation...
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Climbing Your Mountain
One of my favorite movies is The Sound of Music, and one of the best songs in the movie (in my opinion) is “Climb Every Mountain”. Today’s quotation isn’t from or about the movie, but the first time I...
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The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months
By Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington The promise of this book is powerful. Who wouldn’t want to get more done in 12 weeks than others get done in 12 months? As an entrepreneur and a leader of my...
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How Committed are You?
We need to talk about you and the success of your team. Part of that success comes from the level of commitment your team members have to the collective work. This isn’t news or rocket science. If you...
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Happy, Happy, Happy. My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
By Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach For the uninitiated, Happy, Happy, Happy is a favorite phrase and life motto of Phil Robertson, creator of the most popular and famous duck calls on the planet....
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Where are You Living?
About 15 years ago, I started sending emails each weekday to a few colleagues and Customers. I called them Powerquotes, and they were simple – a quotation and some questions to ponder. I did that for...
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Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership
By Richard Farson According to Dictionary.com, paradox is defined as: a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. a self-contradictory...
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What Leaders Can Learn From Jerry Seinfeld
Achievers at the highest level have several things in common. Today, I want to talk about one of those traits, one that, when practiced as a leader, has a multiplier effect. Let me start with some...
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Super Size it!
A few weeks back I shared a quotation about our imagination. Later I shared a quotation about action. Today I extend and connect those ideas together with a call to action from the famous British...
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Overcoming the Distraction Addiction
There are lots of things people become addicted to. I believe one of the most prevalent isn’t ever mentioned in the same breath with the addictions you thought of as you were reading the first...
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How to Be Visionary
People look up to visionaries, they profess to wish they had the skill or gift of seeing and creating a grand picture of the future. Beyond something people wish they could do or do better, as a...
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Two Keys to Leadership Confidence
Everyone is about to move from the reception to the big business dinner. You are walking with some friends and colleagues, following the crowd as you pass the restrooms. Just ahead of you is one of the...
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Our perceptions are so powerful that they shape the world around us in profound ways. Such is the point of today’s quotation. I hope it makes you think (a lot) about the ramifications of this truth in...
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Do You Really Finish Your Projects?
I mean no disrespect here, but my bet is, based on my experience and observation, that you don’t completely finish your projects. The lack of completion comes on two levels. You give up before the...
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How to Move Through Your Fear
In my last Powerquotes-style blog post of the year, I am looking forward. Many of the challenges we all face in the coming year are challenges in part because of our fears. With that in mind, I felt...
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The Kind of Resolutions the Best Leaders Make
I’ve written a lot about resolutions over the years (here is a list). I guess I am drawn to the topic this time of year, as are many others. And as I have chronicled and you will often read over the...
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The Five Perspectives Leaders Must Have to Succeed in 2014
One of the truths about leadership, not often talked about, is that when we become leaders we must begin to look at and see the world differently – at least if we want to be successful and effective....
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Some Uncommon January Advice
My calendar shows January 8th – which means we are already more than one week into the New Year. Which means that a goodly percentage of those who set resolutions have already broken them. Which also...
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Making the Impossible Possible
One of the most written about (and therefore most quoted) people in history is Abraham Lincoln. Given that, it would make sense to share some of Abe’s wisdom here. Today, I share one I profoundly agree...
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Why You Are Afraid?
One of the legends of personal development is Earl Nightingale. His audio programs are classics, and if you ask successful people if they have listened to them, a large percentage will say that they...
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