Category: Career Success
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Daily Deliberation: 6 November
What we do are our actions. What steers us are our values. What puts us on the path are our principles. When we live a life of purpose, we are moving towards something bigger than us. Our core values dictate how we travel the path and the actions…just happen if we have properly aligned principles…
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Daily Deliberation: 4 November
It is my goal that each of you take what you read here and find a way to apply it to your life; not try to mirror what I do. I love these daily deliberations, because they allow me to read interesting quotes or passages and then reflect on what they mean to me. I…
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Daily Deliberation: 1 November
So many times in my life I sat around waiting to find the motivation to act. Most of the time, it never showed up for me. It was up to me to take the action to get moving. Once I did, my motivation appeared. Stop worrying about how you are going to accomplish everything before…
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Daily Deliberation: 28 October
I was so fortunate to have had my father in my life. He told me from an early age that there will always be someone better than me. On the surface this sounds very cruel; however, in reality it means that if I want to get into the top tier, I have to earn my…
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Daily Deliberation: 26 October
I can’t tell you how many times I have thought about quitting something. Sometimes it is a good thing because it eats up my time with no real reward. Most of the times, the things I want to quit are good things, but I can’t see the reward right now. I have to do my…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 October
Most of our problems with other people revolves around communication. Either we are not able to clearly communicate our point or we are not able to communicate our perspective. Next time you get upset with someone, think about how you could communicate things differently to them.
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Daily Deliberation: 23 October
Have you ever had a great idea that you didn’t put into action? What about the times you DID execute a plan? Most of wait for everything to line up just right so we can look like a genius with our plan. I have learned that if everything is just right, it is not something…
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Daily Deliberation: 19 October
Most of us look at learning as a thing we need to do to level up as if we were playing a video game. We run down the list of upgrade tasks to either sign off those we are training or to get signed off of ourselves. The system even encourages this by setting time…
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Daily Deliberation: 18 October
So many of us get placed into situations that scare us. We are asked to brief the boss on a plan or a problem. We are asked to take over a shop that is failing. We are asked to supervise an amazing team. Change and the unknown scare the crap out of us. However, I…
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Daily Deliberation: 14 October
This is such a powerful concept. I remember when I decided to stop comparing myself against my peers and started holding myself accountable to my own abilities. When we do this, we are forced to ask ourselves how we are doing in a certain area and how we can get better. We can’t make excuses…
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