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On Grit. journals May 28, 2020

Angela Duckworth is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies grit and self-control. In her book, Grit: The Power of Passion ...

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Circumstance vs. Character. journals Mar 30, 2020

In coaching, consulting and reviewing the reports from our on-site trainers, human capital challenges are at the top of the list of items we’re hired to fix. As I’ve done with most systems, challenges...

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Go Where the Deep Water Is. books Mar 30, 2020

As of November, Nike no longer sells directly on Amazon. Nike is not alone. Birkenstock, Louis Vuitton, North Face, Patagonia, Asics, Ralph Lauren, Rolex and Vans do not sell directly on Amazon either...

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Innovation vs. Improvement. Mar 30, 2020

When Brian Carroll was laid off unexpectedly from his sales position at a car dealership in Michigan, he received a call from a past customer wanting a car.

Carroll told the buyer he no longer worked...

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Expectation. Jan 30, 2020

Indian spiritual leader, Sri Chinmoy, explains that peace begins when expectation ends.

Perhaps the most dangerous trait I see in perfectionist doctors and business owners is the attachment to their ...

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On Ego and Change. Jan 30, 2020

There’s a great article in the Wall Street Journal today about NFL coach Andy Reid, who is taking the Kansas City Chiefs to Super Bowl LIV in Miami this weekend.

The author, Andrew Beaton, focuses on...

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Lowering The Bar. Jan 30, 2020

From the first Netflix earnings call of 2020 and MarketWatch:

“What does it mean to “watch” a show on a streaming service? For Netflix Inc., it now means viewing at least two minutes. The streaming s...

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It's Not Where You Left It. Dec 30, 2019

I’m back from a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas, where we hosted 50+ TC Boot Camp attendees, three private coaching clients, a quarterly planning meeting for two of my companies and a scouting trip for a ...

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Strategic vs. Reative. Dec 30, 2019

Dwight D. Eisenhower was a brilliant general. In the Second World War, he devised the “Eisenhower Box.” This is a matrix that ranks priorities according to importance and urgency.

 

Eisenhower didn’...

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The Cost of Free. Dec 30, 2019

The internet once promised complete information equality. Children in poor countries would have access to the same knowledge as a child in California. But, it hasn’t turned out that way.

Different co...

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Nothing New. Nov 29, 2019

Mark Twain wondered, “whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.“

His quote could have been written 1,000 years ago as easily as t

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On Narratives. Nov 29, 2019

Five years ago, Nir Eyal wrote a book called Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, which helped startup tech firms understand user psychology. He discussed the research on slot machines, which ...

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