Category Archives: The Mind of the Leader

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How to Be Brave When You’re Feeling Scared: The Secret to Performing Under Pressure

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”  Think of courage that way and it’s obvious that bravery — sometimes an extraordinary level of bravery — is required in leadership and business. Like taking a chance when others will not. Or following your vision, no matter where it leads. Or standing up for what you believe in, even though those beliefs are extremely unpopular.  Or simply doing the right thing, even when doing the right thing is also the hardest thing.

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We’re terrible at planning our time. Here’s how to fix it

When researchers studied groups who had made implementation intentions like this, they found they began work on the task sooner, experienced fewer interruptions, and were better able to judge how long future similar tasks would take them.

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Cybersecurity Starts at the Top

The truth is that the threat posed by cyber security breaches is both acute and avoidable. The key to mitigating it is to understand that cyber security isn’t simply a technology issue; it is also an urgent strategic issue that should be at the top of the agenda for every board and management team.

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The cure for an anxious, sucky life, in less than 550 words

To lead. And through leadership, you notice that you can’t help but get better; create better things; increase your skills; lead better; show others the way.

With a leader’s mind, you’re no longer focused on your pains. …

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How to Tell People What You Do in 3 Easy Steps

In the film industry, that’s called a one-liner, and it’s a way to quickly, clearly explain the driving force behind the movie. If people can’t understand what it’s about, they won’t go see it.  Your business needs a one-liner, too.

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Why Your Brain Tricks You Into Doing Less Important Tasks

Even if we know a larger, less-urgent task is vastly more consequential, we will instinctively choose to do a smaller, urgent task anyway. Yet again, thanks for nothing, brain.  So what are we to do?

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Smarter, Not Harder: How to Succeed at Work

The most successful people I know have one thing in common: they are masters at eliminating the unnecessary from their lives. The French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry hit on the same idea, writing in his memoir, “Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.” This principle, it turns out, is the key to success.

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The 25 best icebreaker questions for team-building at work

A new employee just joined your team, and you want to make sure they feel welcome. Or, you need to find a way to warm up a conference call between remote team members, and ask some get-to-know you questions for team-building.

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12 Things That Are Awesome About Being a Solopreneur

The benefits of solopreneurship are better experienced than reported, yet if you’re curious about the lives of these disentangled, high-risk, high-reward captains of their own fate and are considering taking the same plunge, here’s what you can expect…

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4 Totally Awesome Reasons It’s Great to Be a Solopreneur

As of 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that there were more than 2.7 million nonemployer firms that are run solely by owners. Of that group, 35,584 were bringing in anywhere from $1 million to $2.49 million a year.

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How to Be Healthier, Happier and More Productive: It’s All in the Timing

First, our cognitive abilities don’t remain static over the course of a day. During the 16 or so hours we’re awake, they change—often in a regular, foreseeable manner. We are smarter, faster and more creative in some parts of the day than others.

Second, these daily fluctuations can be extreme. “The performance change between the daily high point and the daily low point can be equivalent to the effect on performance of drinking the legal limit of alcohol,”

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57 Email Etiquette Tips to Avoid Writing Sloppy Emails

You may have heard, “Don’t sweat the small stuff. That might be true in some aspects of life — but over email, sweating the small stuff is exactly what you should be doing.

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This 3-minute habit changed my life

The payoff, compared with the time invested (about three minutes per day) was so large that I saw no reason to stop. Tracking my time has changed how I think about my time.

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Do You Have Trouble Sticking to Your Crazy Schedule? Try This!

The foundation is understanding when in your life you were most successful, most productive, and when you were experiencing peak performance. This will be different for everybody, but this is my analysis and interpretation of how and when I function best, and if you are at all similar to me, use this methodology, and this guide, or at least some variation of it.

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28 Successful Executives Share the Best Advice They Received From Their Dads

A father’s example and advice can inexorably affect the lives of his children. Here’s how more than two dozen successful leaders say their dads affected their trajectories.
1. Surround yourself with great people…

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How to be a more adaptable leader

If you’re a leader, before you issue instructions or hand out tasks, take the time to think through what you actually want to achieve.

What is the intent behind the work you want done? What is the outcome you desire? Does it matter how your team attacks it?

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The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen

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Don’t kick off a sales presentation by talking about your product, your headquarters locations, your investors, your clients, or anything about yourself.  Instead, name the undeniable shift in the world that creates both (a) big stakes and (b) huge urgency for your prospect.

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How to stay focused and productive without getting burnt out

Most people I know who suffer from high levels of burnout, stress, and anxiety have one thing in common…  They compare themselves forwards instead of backwards.  What do I mean by this?

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The 2 Most Important Qualities You’ll Need to Succeed

The first foundational quality one must have to achieve success is having guts. It can be extremely intimidating to start a business, and if you lack the courage to face your fears and get started then success will not materialize on any level.

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These Powerful Habits Will Immediately Improve How You Work

Your ability to distinguish urgent and important tasks has a lot to do with your success. Peter Drucker once said, “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”

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