Every four years the United States elects a new President. The process isn’t simple, and it isn’t short. Because this process plays out in the news media, and because it requires leadership both to gain the job and do the job, there are lessons from the process for the taking. These lessons, while taken directly

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I say that phrase often. It’s part of my personal philosophy, and it’s part of my business philosophy. Let me explain… People around the world (you included) buy learning materials, books, audio programs, webinars, tele-seminars and attend lectures and workshops every day. These learning options exist whether you want to learn about leadership, leopards, or

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We all make choices every day. In fact, one way to look at your life is to consider it as the sum total of all the choices you have made. It is easy to think about that in the big picture, think for example, about these choices: * Whether to finish High School (or not)

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Many people spend some time at the end of the year working on the New Year. These people typically fall into two groups: those who use the end of the year as a way to be introspective and look back on the past year, and those who spend time looking forward; setting goals and planning

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Several years ago I was looking for a new person for my team. A person who had been helping on a temporary basis was going back to graduate school and I knew I would need some assistance on several projects. Thinking about my situation on a Monday morning, cross-country airline flight I made a list

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We can do Project A or Project B. Do you want more time or more money? You can have a great marriage and average career or average marriage and great career. I’ve got yellow or red, which do you want? Win or lose. Yes or no. The world is black or white. You can have

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Though I am not a native of Indiana, I look forward to a little slice of heaven each August – the twelve days of the Indiana State Fair. My affinity for the Fair started out as a way to reconnect with my farm kidhood – a chance to see animals, smell familiar smells (smells that

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Our calendars are full, and our to-do lists are long. We live in a world that seems to bring more information, expectations and options to us each day and all of these things tend to accelerate the pace of our lives. There was a time, not that long ago that a trip across the United

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When people think of the word “reflection”, they typically think first of a mirror. After all, we use it as a part of our normal morning routine. We walk to the bathroom and look at ourselves in the mirror. We do that, out of habit, to see “how we look” and to help us improve

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