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Not for me. Not for you. Not for anybody. Sometimes we win when we genuinely earn a victory and sometimes we win when we have no business being the victor. Sometimes we lose when we genuinely earn a loss and sometimes we lose when we deserve a better fate. A...

They say you should never meet your heroes because you’ll be disappointed. I have heard countless stories of people meeting their “heroes” - actors, authors, sport figures - only to be left confused, hurt, annoyed, and let down. They were disappointed because the person who they placed on a pedestal,...

The room’s lighting needs were temperamental. Sometimes I needed just a little bit of light. Other times, fifty or seventy-five percent. But my only options were either on or off. Too bright or too dark. So, I installed a dimmer switch. The dimmer switch gave me flexibility to adjust the...

We often need to see the glass as half-empty before we can see it as half-full. The truth is, the glass is BOTH half-empty and half-full. Great leaders acknowledge the good, the bad and the ugly of each situation. They recognize and verbalize the struggle, so we know they are...

My sleep hit a new level of deep when I hung blackout curtains 😴. They prevented all light - from the sun, the moon, the stars, the street lights - from penetrating my fortress of slumber. It was brilliant! Nothing came through. I was in the dark, able to stay...

This week, I lost a potential client because I went into our meeting looking for ways to be offended. And surprise surprise, I found many opportunities to be. Here’s the context. After the potential client was eager to connect about working together, it took four weeks to book the meeting...