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Two Types - Every employee can be placed into 1 of 2 categories -|- A few years ago, I was listening to business author Daniel Pink on a Masterclass lesson. He shared one of the most true, simple, and thought-provoking...

Rich and Poor - Why many teams struggle to win -|- Pay attention long enough and you will notice a visible gap between various organizations. Food service, medical care, retail, non-profit…there is a large performance variance across all sizes and...

Failure - Turning failure into growth -|- Many high achievers have experienced little to no failure during their years growing up. Due to high skill levels and relentless effort, these top performers excel at sports, school, and in their lives...

Better Than Best - How the best can be beat -|- A few years back I was first introduced to billionaire Grant Cardone on a podcast. During the interview he spoke about his experience on the TV show Undercover Millionaire....

Under the Knife 2.0 - Updates after surprise open-heart surgery -|- I recently wrote about the surprise open-heart surgery that I underwent in late October. It's now been over 5 weeks since that surgery, and what felt like an opened...

Harder or Smarter? - Working out of the best framework -|- It's a question as old as “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”. Except unlike questions of causality and life beginnings, the question I'm referring to will have...

1% Better - How to get a little better each day -|- Over the past few years, I've started hearing it more and more. People are increasingly aware that if they are not getting better, they are getting worse. There's...

Shortcuts and Hacks - Working smart vs. cheating -|- Recently I read somewhere that the longest distance from point A to B is a shortcut. While this sounds backwards, the point is that when a person tries to “cheat” by...

Under the Knife - Perspectives from surprise open-heart surgery -|- As Halloween 2024 quickly approached last week, I should have known that an adventure was in store. See, 10 years ago during this same week in 2014 was when my...

Surface Area - Improving life by subtraction -|- A few years ago my wife and I went through the exciting process of buying our first house. We ended up on a 2-acre lot in a neighborhood where the nearest houses...