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Qualities That Make a Great Leader

Qualities That Make a Great Leader

  1. Focus “It’s been said that leadership is making important but unpopular decisions. That’s certainly a partial truth, but I think it underscores the importance of focus. To be a good leader, you cannot major in minor things, and you must be less distracted than your competition. To get the few critical things done, you […]

Ways To Reach Your Goals Faster

Ways To Reach Your Goals Faster

Everyone has different financial goals. Some are extreme; they want the plane and the private island. Others are modest, but they are what really matter to them most, like never having to worry about money again, or being able to take their family on a European vacation each summer without having to work to pay […]

Are You Free Of Financial Fear?

Are You Free Of Financial Fear?

If you’re going to have an extraordinary life, you must master your emotions, that is, understand and control them. This is especially true when it comes to money. Because as many of you have learned the hard way, there are consequences when you let emotions run rampant. “The quality of your life equals the quality […]

12 Things You Need to Really Get Rid of in the Next 12 Months

12 Things You Need to Really Get Rid of in the Next 12 Months

If you want the next 12 months to be different than the past 12 months, look at your habits. Changing a habit, especially a bad one, is among the most powerful forces you can employ to make your life and business better. Here are 12 habits many of us repeatedly struggle with. If you recognize […]

What You Can Do To Revitalize Your Career Right Where You Are

What You Can Do To Revitalize Your Career Right Where You Are

Often, time away from work and a focus on milestones, like a new year for example, will highlight areas in life where we are feeling stuck and stagnant. Downtime with friends and loved ones, maybe some home cooking (beans, greens, potatoes…) perhaps some travel, may draw attention to the fact that before the holidays, life […]

These 5 Questions Will Define Where You’re Going in Life

These 5 Questions Will Define Where You’re Going in Life

Goals are important for a genuinely success-oriented person. Without them, you’re just playing around. The difference between a goal-directed individual and someone without goals is like the difference between a Wimbledon champion and a kid batting a tennis ball around on a court with no net, no opponent to bring out the best in him […]

Serena Williams Wrote A Kickass Letter About Sexism In Sports (And Beyond)

Serena Williams Wrote A Kickass Letter About Sexism In Sports (And Beyond)

Serena Williams wrote a powerful open letter “to all incredible women who strive for excellence” about gender and sexism for the December issue of Porter magazine. In the letter, which was part of the Incredible Women of 2016 issue reprinted by the Guardian, the powerhouse athlete wrote about her dreams of being the best tennis player in the […]

Ways To Boost Workday Productivity

Ways To Boost Workday Productivity

In a world where we’re all trying to do more with less, tips to boost our productivity help us make the most of our workday. But productivity isn’t just about making more widgets or turning out your work product faster. I’m a big fan of Charles Duhigg’s definition of effective productivity: helping people achieve their goals […]

Why Lifelong Learning Is Key to Becoming Your Best Self

Why Lifelong Learning Is Key to Becoming Your Best Self

So much of our early life is engaged in learning that it’s easy to forget once we close up the textbooks and begin to focus on family, friends, and embark on our careers. The good news is that we don’t have to step inside a classroom (though that’s an option!) to maintain our commitment to lifelong […]

8 Things Every Person Should Do Before 8 A.M.

8 Things Every Person Should Do Before 8 A.M.

  Life is busy. It can feel impossible to move toward your dreams. If you have a full-time job and kids, it’s even harder. How do you move forward? If you don’t purposefully carve out time every day to progress and improve, without question, your time will get lost in the vacuum of our increasingly […]