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Form an Alliance with Consistency

A lot of people talk a good game about consistency, but in reality they have a lot of false starts.  Why is it so difficult to consistently do the work that […]

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Career “Success” and Your Lonely Victory Party

When my friend turned thirty, he decided to interview older men about their life experiences, regrets and life-lessons garnered during the decade of the thirties. His hunch was that he might possibly […]

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Commence Reboot: How We Rebooted Our Life and Started Over

We thought about buying a zoo. Our second option was to live in a tour bus. Our life was in need of a reboot. We thought Anne Lamott’s prescription just […]

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Self-Publishing: Lesson’s I’ve Learned Starting From Zero

People ask me about my experiences of self-publishing. I thought it might be helpful if I shared some of the lessons I’ve learned about the art and science of self-publishing. […]

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Don’t Neglect Your Relationships

A friend told me about a saying from his mentor, “The grass is greener wherever you water it.” I’ve been married for over twenty years and I have not always regularly […]

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Don’t Dip Your Quill In Company Ink

I ride bikes most weekends with a group of guys. One of the guys, taught me this lesson. Twenty-five years ago, his mentor gave him this advice, “Don’t dip your quill […]

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Don’t Check Your Email 200 Times a Day

My friend Bill told me once, “Your inbox is full of stuff other people want you to work on.” The spirit of this principle is don’t be a slave to what other […]

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Self-Respect and Dignity Are Easy to Ignore But Difficult to Regain

I have a friend who served a thirteen months sentence in Federal prison for an SEC (Security Exchange Commission) violation. Concurrent with the US market collapse of 2007, the US […]

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You’ve Got Mad Skills

An excerpt from Fire Your Boss: A Manifesto to Rethink How You Think About Work. The World Needs You I’m going to assume that you’re reading this manifesto because something […]

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Point Your Toes in a New direction

When I was in college I was certain about having a future career in the ministry. I didn’t want to be a pastor. I thought I’d work at a camp […]

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