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Many of us hear about integrity often, but what does integrity even mean? What are we actually talking about here? A good explanation of integrity that I’ve heard is that integrity is what you do and how you act when no one is watching. It is your true, basic self. Integrity, really, is the foundati...
I’ve never loved The Secret, as a book or a movie. Maybe I missed something, but the primary message I came away with after reading and watching it was that if I hope for something long enough, it will happen. That is probably a little bit of an over-simplification, but I still feel like they were a...
Averages rule the universe. You may be more familiar with this statement as the law of averages. Let me give you an example as a refresher on the law of averages. When you roll a typical 6-sided die, what are the chances that you will get a 6 for ten rolls in a row? Everyone knows that that is highl...
The principle I’m going to share today may not be earth-shattering for you, but it has proven useful for me in my work time and time again. This principle, also called “Parkinson’s Principle” (named for a person; it has no connection to the disease), states that people will expand or contract their ...
If you’ve ever read about the 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman, you know that, for must of us, there are particular things that make each of us feel loved. My wife’s love language is “Words of Affirmation.” She loves to be complimented and praised. I could do many other things – wash the dishes, buy...
Today I want to share a principle that I am very passionate about; this principle drives everything that I do! The principle is that people thrive when they love what they do. I know that that sounds like it’s straight out of a cheesy self-help book. I’m not one of those gurus that believes you can ...