Lots of factors contribute to your success, such as intelligence, talent, hard work, and even luck. However, research finds the #1 tool for success is grit, or mental toughness.
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No More New Year’s Resolutions–Just Results
Everyone, me included, keeps saying, “How can it possibly be this year is almost over?” Time flies by so quickly when leading busy lives – attending to our careers, our family, our friends, and trying to take care of us. December is the month when we begin to reflect on what has happened for us…
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Failure to Plan is Planning to Fail
If you have heard me speak, read my blogs or articles, or listened to one of my podcasts, you have probably heard me say, “Failure to plan is planning to fail!” Heck, I like that saying and use it so often that I sometimes think I made it up. But I didn’t. Don’t know who…
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Change Is In The Air…Or Is It?
With half of January behind us, how are you doing with those New Year’s resolutions you set? If we are to believe the myriad of emails I’ve received (and I’m assuming many of you have received as well) in the past few weeks, you, me, and everyone else is floundering. By the end of the…
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There’s No Such Thing as Life/Work Balance!
This past month was a whirlwind of activity. Along with business as usual, I had the holidays, which means lots of company and cooking for days on end. I attended the Harvard/McClean University Coaching Conference, which took me away from home and office for four days. My younger daughter is about to leave the country…
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