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Hard-Won Self-Awareness

The Self-Awareness You Can’t Learn From Books: 5 Lessons From a Difficult Year

Books teach you about self-awareness. People teach you self-awareness. I’ve read dozens of books on emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and personal growth. I can explain the ...
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Hard Won Collaboration Wisdom

5 Hard-Won Lessons About Effective Collaboration

The collaborations that failed taught me everything the successful ones didn’t This year has been one of the most challenging and instructive of my professional ...
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weekly debrief update

Weekly Debrief: The Power of Honest Self-Assessment

I haven’t written one of these weekly debriefs in quite a while, and I need to be honest about why. Somewhere along the way, what ...
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Breaking Free: How to Escape the 9-5 and Be a Present Father and Husband

When I started my first business, I was consumed by it. Every minute of my day was consumed by work, as I got older I ...
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45

“I’m just getting older and better.” —Neal Schon I turned 45 last week. My only thought about it was that I’m now closer to being ...
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Self-Doubt

It’s funny how, just last week, I wrote about being okay with being okay at things, and today, I find myself full of self-doubt. Self-doubt often makes ...
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Weekly Debrief – 11/24/24

Fitness: I didn’t work out much this week. Since flying to NY for work a few weeks ago, I have been waking up with sinus ...
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Being just ok is ok

I spent years getting stuck in my head about being “just okay” at things. I love picking up new skills, but I kept getting hung ...
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Weekly Debrief – 11/18/24

This was one of those weeks that seemed to disappear into thin air. Thankfully, I have a lot to show for it, and there were ...
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Framework For Learning

I am and will be a lifelong learner. I enjoy learning about new things and desire to grow constantly. The problem I ran into was ...
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An Ongoing Journey of Growth – Striving for Progress, Not Perfection

I’ve heard it said that life isn’t a race but a journey. However, sometimes I feel like I am running on a treadmill. Oddly enough, ...
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How I Make Decisions – Personal Impact Filter

Do I have ADHD, or am I just overwhelmed with options? It would be easy to self-diagnose and assume that my inability to stay focused ...
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