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The Three Reasons Why You're Stuck

Sometimes my brain just gets stuck.   My older son got me hooked on Wordle a couple of years ago. ...
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How Do You Know if You Are Irrelevant?

Last week I attended a webinar on leveraging AI, and in 90 minutes, the guy shared so many different platforms ...
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It's Hard to Stay Sane When Everyone Else is Nuts

One of my favorite poems is by Shel Silverstein, “If the World Was Crazy.” The third stanza goes like this: ...
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Who Are You Dressed Up As?

Halloween is Thursday, and my 8-year-old is going to be Spider-Man… again.   I love that he’s not wasting money ...
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Why You Need an Inner Circle that Gets It

Sometimes, I’m afraid to get my hopes up when something looks promising. I don’t even like to tell people about ...
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How Did I Miss Out on This?

Imagine my surprise the other night when I got a text from one of my best friends who lives just ...
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Why You Have to Laugh at Yourself

We've all been there—when a mistake feels like the end of the world, or at least the end of our ...
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How to Build Trust out of Mistakes

Imagine you're in a high-stakes job interview. The interviewer presents a crisis scenario:   What would you do if, after ...
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What if They Don't Want What You've Built?

It was a classic mistake. Despite what seemed like a really great plan. After over a decade of experience teaching ...
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Who Needs Notes? Use This Trick

When I was five, my father started teaching me how to play the piano. Part of that process was learning ...
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