Every achiever and every engaged leader would like to know a simple way to improve productivity and results – a way to get more value from each day and the efforts of that day. If that is you, you are in luck, because I am about to share with you what I call achievement mathematics.

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A key concept in economics is scarcity.  In economic terms, it is when people have unlimited wants but resources are limited.  If you look up scarcity in the dictionary, you will find a similar idea: 1.  insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth. 2.  rarity; infrequency. (Source: Dictionary.com) In practice, when things are scarce, several things

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By Christine Louise Hohlbaum This book was published in 2009 and I’m not sure how or where I got my copy.  But as I prepared to leave for vacation, for a variety of reasons, it found its way into my briefcase.  While I didn’t read any of it during my vacation, I am happy that

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Today’s quotation is in part about presentations, which I give many of and have the chance to give feedback and coaching on many others.  Whether you give presentations or not, or whether you take Mr. Webster’s words literally or not, the point he makes is important and worth applying far beyond presentations. “I would as soon appear

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As you likely have heard, Stephen R. Covey, author of many bestselling books, most notably The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People died Monday at age 79 (here is the CNN story).  Covey was an author, speaker, humanitarian, business person and much more.  In 1996 he was named by Time Magazine as one of the

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For hundreds of years, people have felt the world was changing faster and faster. You can find writing from two hundred years ago lamenting the rate of change that you would believe was written yesterday, yet with the perspective of history, there is no question that the rate of change today, in nearly any category,

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The end of the year typically brings book reading lists, and a variety of “best of’s”.  I like these lists and have created them myself.  Today, as I finish my vacation, I asked myself, why make people wait until the end of the year? Below are my five favorite reads of the year so far,

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This quotation was in SmartBrief on Workforce, one of the useful email publications I read regularly.  It speaks to a fundamental choice we all make, whether consciously or not.   I share it today so you can be aware of the choice you make, and decide if that is the choice you want to make

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In 1919 the Boston Red Sox had a star pitcher who also had home run power like no one had ever seen.  He helped them win 3 world championships.  His name was Babe Ruth.   At that time they were a powerhouse in baseball – winning 5 of the first 15 World Series match-ups. In 1920

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By John Chen Technology can make our lives easier and more productive – especially when teams are comprised of people working remotely.  All of the technology in the world won’t make teams effective or the individuals on them as productive as possible. In this new book, the author puts the need for team building together

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