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Kaizen
The Japanese have a single word that is the key to a lifetime of personal and professional success. Kaizen is the word. Kaizen translates to “constant and never-ending improvement.” Kaizen, in my vernacular, means never to stop learning, never stop reading, and always seeking every resource available to learn. The single tool every human has…
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Life Lessons from Grandpa
One of the most emotionally challenging periods of my life came with the passing of my Grandfather, Perry (P.G.) Harris. I was smart enough, I guess, as a young man to keep my mouth shut and listen to his and his friends’ stories. Grandpa was a Kansas hardscrabble wheat farmer. He was also a guru…
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No One Likes a Whiner
No one likes a whiner. Please, if you don’t like something, don’t whine and blubber to everyone that will listen. Just shut up and do something about it. I just don’t do well around whiners. Coping with them is nearly impossible. Whining is a form of weakness, insecurity, and low confidence. I’ll even take it…
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Pro-Action Time
If you haven’t figured it out yet, risk is tied to every element of life. If you’re afraid of risk, do yourself a favor and hide in a cave or something. But, there are even risks in a cave, I suppose. You can’t avoid it, but you should welcome it. Risk represents value. Risk represents…
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Shut Up and Listen
I want to let you in on an ignored secret to personal and professional success. Unless you live in a cave, you know that what once seemed incredible to us is now the standard. Innovation, technological discoveries, and growth happen so often and quickly that we hardly even notice. And believe it or not, the…
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Sleep to Succeed
NEWS FLASH: Sleeping more can make you more successful! Evidently, the proper amount of sleep can be quite powerful. A new report by The Economist says that more than 2/3 of all Americans fail to get at least 7 hours of sleep. The idea that we can sleep when we’re dead or work hard and…
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Stinkin’ Thinkin’
One of my all-time favorite motivational speakers and authors was Zig Zigler. With the temperament of the world today, I think he would be saying, “If you have stinkin’ thinkin’, you need a check-up from the neck up. And, right now, the world needs a serious check-up. The world is a negative, even hostile place.…
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The Dog Ate My Homework
I’m sorry it’s taken so long to get back to you. I…was…abducted by aliens and held for a week…yeah, that’s it, I was kidnapped. I don’t know about you, but I’m not too keen on people who always have an excuse. When I work with one of my business coaching clients, and all I get…
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The High Cost of Dreams
Optimism is overrated. Dreaming is as well. I first wrote about this in 2021. Fast forward to today, and I believe more than ever that being optimistic is hard work. Having the gumption to dream is even more challenging. Life is not always easy when I’m my usual upbeat self. There can be a high…
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The Power of Nice
Please don’t take this wrong, but if you’re a jerk or a bully or have a bad attitude, you should read this very closely. People like nice people. People want to do business with nice people. Being nice can be a powerful strategy. And when you’re nice and work at being nice, you’ll probably live…
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