This may seem like odd advice from someone who is always advocating improvement, but trying to be perfect is actually a great way to avoid improvement. How many things do you avoid doing because you are worried you won’t be good at them? Do you feel a lot of guilt whenever you make a mistake? […]
Archives for March 2006
Decide Now!
The ability to make quick decisions in the face of ambiguity is the difference between living a life pro-actively and living a life reactively. Many times people are afraid to make a decision because they don’t feel they have enough information to go on. Unfortunately, by the time enough information does come around usually the […]
Set an Unbreakable Standard
Listen to this article Lets say we have a person who is holding several people hostage and they will only give up the people if the police grant him immunity against the incident. Why might those police officers reject his offer, even though it is a relatively small price compared to the safety of the […]
Never Run out of Ideas Again
All of us know the feeling. We are supposed to come up with an idea, but instead we can’t come up with anything. In our work this can mean spending long hours staring at our computer monitor, hoping that the solution will jump out at us. In our personal lives this can even take the […]
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