Month: July 2012
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What Confidence Looks Like
We’ve all met the guy who lives on the right side of this plot. He speaks with full assurance that he knows what he is talking about. He feels it necessary to tell us about why there is no reason to doubt him or question him. He’s got this in the bag. We want to…
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Compartmentalized Know-How
This morning as I was pulling out after working out, a car was waiting for my spot. There were other open spots only a few feet from where I parked but he was waiting for the spot a little closer to the entrance. All this waiting to have a shorter walk, afterwards to go exercise!?…
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When The Formula Stops Working
Aaron Sorkin, writer for The West Wing recently came out with a new show on HBO called The Newsroom. He has been critiqued for being too formulaic. In fact, someone even put together a video showing his various Sorkinisms – times where he uses the exact same line in a variety of his shows. Finding the…
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How to Handle New Challenges: Step Up or Bow Out
Photo By Didrik Johnck All of us have been asked to do a job we’ve never done before. We must learn how to do it and are likely to make several mistakes before finding success. More than likely, others will see our inadequacies. When we face a difficult challenge, we should Step Up, and sometimes…