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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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What does AI really think about you

What does AI Really Think about You?

Lately, I’ve been hearing about a lot of people bravely uploading their personal or brand profiles to AI to see ...
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The 3 Questions That Tell You What to Delegate

Have you ever found yourself drowning in tasks, complaining about being overwhelmed, but still justifying your workload with thoughts like: ...
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What Will be the Color of Your Legacy?

“Well-behaved women rarely make history.” -Eleanor Roosevelt   Yesterday – Aug 26 – was Women’s Equality Day, celebrating the 104th ...
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If You Have a Championship Playbook, Why Wouldn’t You Use It?

It’s disappointing when a movie you’re excited to see doesn’t live up to the hype.   That’s exactly what happened ...
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That's How it's Done: The Speech That Split the Uprights on Day 3

Sometimes I love it when I’m wrong, especially when something far more powerful and exciting happens.   I was wrong ...
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