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Don’t skip the tough questions
A plan is not a string of miracles Too many plans are little more than untested ideas that depend on a string of good luck. Challenge your plans. Test them. Look beyond your biases and blind spots. Don’t skip over the tough questions and vulnerabilities just because you want the plan to appear worthy. Move…
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Stick to the point
Say what you mean Dare to move beyond the verbal veneer. You have the right to be assertive with your thoughts and beliefs. You may be confronted by the politically correct crowd, the social justice warriors, the insolent, and those who just love to pick a fight. No matter. You know you can be assertive…
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Don’t look for easy
Environment matters Where you plant yourself is where you grow – or where you wither. Put yourself in an environment where you can thrive. Where there is good energy, good people, challenge and encouragement. Find the place that enables you to become more, to do more, to add greater value. Don’t look for easy. …
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Resist the addiction
Recover from work Unplug. Every day. Detach; create healthy boundaries. Resist the addiction. Reduce the physical and psychological strain and stress that too much focus on work creates. It’s not sustainable. Too much work robs you of joyful life experiences, compromises relationships and leads to burn-out. At its worst, it can kill you. Learn to…
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This is not Plan B
Two is one, and one is none. (Navy SEALs) Know the single points of failure that can happen in your plans, and make sure you have contingencies. Don’t get screwed because you didn’t have a backup plan when something goes wrong. Because something can and will go wrong – particularly when you’ve bet everything on…
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It’s time to move on
Blessings in excess When do blessings create a curse? We walk the thin line between scarcity and abundance. Help becomes a hindrance. Riches become a burden. Not enough becomes too much. Life is about finding the golden mean (thank you, Aristotle). That middle ground between the two poles of excess. The mean never stays the…