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Find Out What Makes a Confident Organization

The essence of personal confidence is self-management–knowing yourself well and trusting your ability to do the appropriate thing in a wide variety of situations. It takes time to build this confidence and involves a fair amount of risk. Think of all the unfamiliar situations you need to be exposed to in order to learn new […]

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Technology, and the successful people who use it

Jason Weaver, CEO of SWAY Connection Marketing, is a techno-genius. I spent the morning with him yesterday and I was amazed at his incredible knowledge of current technology and the way in which he ties applications to important benefits. As he talked, he played his laptop like an old-fashioned pinball machine, showing me what he […]

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New Year’s Resolutions of Perseverance

It’s January 10. I wonder how many people have already given up on their New Year’s Resolutions? How many didn’t bother to make any this year because they never keep them anyway? How about you? Perseverance is a funny word. It sounds like it stands for something difficult, daunting, even grim. Heck, severe is at […]

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More Than Ever Our Country Needs Critical Thinking

The political season has reached the final stages of a very long battle and I’m dismayed by so much of what I see: Professional journalists coming unglued. Bloggers spewing opinion spiked with venom—many displaying their lack of education with horrific spelling and grammar. Candidates judged on the basis of oratory skills, hairstyles, verbal gaffes, and […]

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Improve the World with Class and Civility

For being such a smart lady, Ann Coulter sure says and does some dumb things. Her latest big-mouthed idiocy, essentially calling Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards a faggot, was simply uncalled for. Worse, it adds to a growing coarseness and recklessness in our public discourse that serves no one. Coulter is no dummy. She’s an […]

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We’re All Nuts and Dreams Prove It

I’m a dreamer. Literally. I have frequent dreams that are downright strange and I used to wonder about the images, their meaning, and what they portended for my life. No more. I’ve decided that just like everybody else on this planet, I’m nuts. And it really doesn’t matter. Last night’s adventure was a family affair. […]

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