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Leading Gen Y and Beyond: Live with Integrity

I asked the question over on LinkedIn, “What advice would you give a young worker in order to have a truly meaningful career?” I got an avalanche of responses which I’ll summarize in a later post. (Photostock Image) This question stimulated a lot of people to think and share their opinions. Here’s an interesting conversation I [...]
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Leadership Problems: Clear Thinking

Clear thinking leads to decisive action. Too many leaders, however, rush to judgment and act before really examining the problem from all perspectives. In today’s organizations, if you’re dealing with simple and easy solutions, then you’re missing something. Problems are multifaceted and complex. As I mentioned in a post last week, problems are both technical and [...]
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Leadership Proficiency: How Clear Is Your Thinking?

If you want to become a better leader or manager, how do you go about it? I’m not talking about technical skills. I’m talking about ways to improve your personal proficiency, so that you become a better leader of the people in your organization. It seems some people are naturally predisposed to have personal insights that [...]
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Barriers to Success: Negative Self-Talk

One of the biggest barriers for people in reaching their dreams — working through this process — is that they set unrealistic expectations of themselves. They have these grand visions of perfection… and it sounds like commitment, which is good, but in reality, this only sets up problems. When your self-image is limiting, when you’re not [...]
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Barriers to Success: Incongruence and a Bad Attitude

Clarity, Intention, Attention, Focus: That’s the way to create the life you want for yourself. But like any simple formula for success, there are all sorts of barriers along the path if you want to consistently implement clear intention, attention and focus. It can be simple, but certainly not easy. Even with the best plans on [...]
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Attention + Accountability: Putting a Success Plan into Action

In my recent blog posts, we’ve been talking a lot about success concepts:  Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These four elements are covered in detail by my co-authors and I in our book, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?” If you’ve been following me, you’ve done a lot of conceptual work. A lot of thinking and planning. You’ve [...]
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Success: The Secret Energy Force Behind It

I’ve been laying out a success formula for life and career through Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These are the four keys my co-authors and I talk about in our latest book, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?” By writing down specific intentions you get clarity, and then you identify the critical success factors and waypoints that [...]
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The SMART Way to Plan for Success in Life and Career

Luck only gets you so far. In good times, anyone can get lucky. Right now, things are a little harder. Smart people don’t count on luck, they plan. Then they work hard and are ready when “luck” strikes. I’ve been laying out a success formula for life and career through Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These [...]
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Clarity of Vision: What Are Your Waypoints?

I’ve been talking about clarity and the way to gain clarity through making a list of truly important wants. Taking some time to get really clear on what you want and what you intend to achieve is key to having a successful life and career. And it’s the foundation of the lessons my co-authors and [...]
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Clarity Takes You Where You Want to Go

Without clarity, our actions are just actions. We’re moving, we’re moving, but we’re not really getting anywhere. It literally doesn’t matter how hard we work, because we’re not working toward anything. But with clarity, two powerful things happen. The first is, we start making better choices. When you’re clear about what you want, it’s much easier [...]
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