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The Moat - Growing your competitive advantage -|- Last year businessman and investor Charlie Munger...
12 August 2024
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The Time I Got Fired! - Learning lessons from bad leadership -|- We can often...
16 August 2024
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Meetings = Your Advantage?! - Standing out as #1 out of 100 -|- A phenomenon...
01 October 2024
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Communication Domination - Winning the remote communication game -|- As a pretty detailed person, a...
06 October 2024
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N to Z Toolbox? - The meaning behind the name -|- Starting a business comes...
10 October 2024
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High MINIMUM! - Increasing your competitive advantage -|- I cannot tell you how many times...
21 October 2024
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Surface Area - Improving life by subtraction -|- A few years ago my wife and...
29 October 2024
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Under the Knife - Perspectives from surprise open-heart surgery -|- As Halloween 2024 quickly approached...
05 November 2024
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Shortcuts and Hacks - Working smart vs. cheating -|- Recently I read somewhere that the...
11 November 2024
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1% Better - How to get a little better each day -|- Over the past...
17 November 2024
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Harder or Smarter? - Working out of the best framework -|- It's a question as...
24 November 2024
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Under the Knife 2.0 - Updates after surprise open-heart surgery -|- I recently wrote about...
02 December 2024
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Better Than Best - How the best can be beat -|- A few years back...
09 December 2024
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Failure - Turning failure into growth -|- Many high achievers have experienced little to no...
16 December 2024
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Rich and Poor - Why many teams struggle to win -|- Pay attention long enough...
19 December 2024
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Two Types - Every employee can be placed into 1 of 2 categories -|- A...
30 December 2024
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S's and W's - Is it better to grow strengths or neutralize weaknesses? -|- In...
05 January 2025
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Management Miss - Are you too LITTLE of a micromanager?! -|- Every single aspect of...
13 January 2025
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Professional - 8 Marks of a True Professional -|- A few years ago, a National...
17 January 2025
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Underperformance - Causes and cures for floundering performance -|- If I’ve seen it once I’ve...
23 January 2025
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Traits of Success - 12 things that the successful, unsuccessful do -|- Why is it...
30 January 2025
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The Best Article in the World - The difference between successful people and failures -|-...
06 February 2025
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The Second-Best Article in the World - How to be successful -|- Last week I...
13 February 2025
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Improving Performance - 5 steps to turn bad to good -|- For the 10 years...
20 February 2025
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Mining for Gold - 5 top sources for growth-rich content -|- A couple of times...
01 March 2025
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Gold Nuggets - 6 top pieces of content for growth -|- Last week I wrote...
08 March 2025
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The Two C's - How to put content to use -|- Last Fall my church...
13 March 2025
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FutureMe - Communicating with your future self -|- It’s so easy for bosses, employees, parents,...
23 March 2025
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Coaching Cure - The key to producing winners -|- In any given year I am...
29 March 2025
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Success Start - The #1 Rule of Success -|- So much has been said and...
10 April 2025
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A Query for Kids - What we can learn from one profound question -|- One...
19 April 2025
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I vs. U - Winning today and tomorrow -|- Last week my wife and I...
26 April 2025
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A Mile in My Shoes - Thinking for key stakeholders -|- Recently, I wrote about...
03 May 2025
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Boss Basics - Winning the employee/boss relationship -|- In 18 years as part of the...
11 May 2025
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Habits - Developing good habits and breaking bad ones -|- Over the past few weeks...
19 May 2025
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Under the Knife 3.0 - Recent medical updates -|- A few months ago I shared...
22 May 2025
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Preventing Stagnation - 6 motivators to keep you from getting stuck -|- Every week I...
23 May 2025
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Apprentice - Capitalizing on one true shortcut -|- Over the past two school years my...
31 May 2025
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Lessons to be Learned - 3 things I am teaching my kids -|- Every person...
04 June 2025
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Winner at a Winning Game - Compete where you can win -|- Last month my...
16 June 2025
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Safe and Afraid - Are you living below the line? -|- It's not often that...
22 June 2025
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Proximity - Building closeness with others -|- A few weeks ago I unfortunately had one...
28 June 2025
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11 Straight Years - Keys to the Chick-fil-A Success -|- A few weeks ago, it...
04 July 2025
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The Pendulum - Achieving balance in life -|- Every single person should have the experience...
10 July 2025
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HELP! - Rejecting needed assistance -|- Twice a year a “leadership shuffle” occurs across the...
18 July 2025
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Lessons I've Learned from the Army - Leadership that Translates to Corporate America -|- "Is...
22 July 2025
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Paranoid - A key to long-term success -|- Would you describe yourself as a paranoid...
01 August 2025
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18 Summers- Work Edition - Enjoy it while it lasts! -|- In recent years I...
08 August 2025
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"I Think I Saw You" - Lessons from the Coldplay Catastrophe -|- Only someone living...
14 August 2025
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The Measure of a Manager - Pt. 1 - A leader's most unrecognized tool -|-...
21 August 2025
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The Measure of a Manager - Pt. 2 - A leader's most underutilized tool -|-...
29 August 2025
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The Measure of a Manager - Pt. 3 - A leader's most enjoyable tool -|-...
04 September 2025
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4 Types of Employees - Which group are you in? -|- A handful of years...
13 September 2025
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Constant Calculation - The question at the core of everything -|- A few weeks ago...
18 September 2025
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How You Treat Them - Our viewpoint dictates our actions -|- Yesterday at work I...
25 September 2025
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Grasp Gap - Why you don't know what to do -|- A couple of years...
02 October 2025
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AGILE! - Slow and steady LOSES the race -|- A few weeks ago I was...
09 October 2025
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Plateauing - How to prevent your growth curve from flattening -|- Recently I contacted a...
19 October 2025
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Purpose - The driving force behind high performers -|- I want to paint you a...
27 October 2025
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Business Basics - The #1 key to running an excellent business -|- A few days...
30 October 2025
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"You're Fired" -  The kindest things a boss can do -|- A few weeks ago...
01 November 2025
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Easily Offended -  Making work life harder for everyone -|- Recently I was in a...
08 November 2025
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10x - What people must have to perform -|- As in any job, running a...
08 November 2025
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Inputs and Outputs - Differentiating between effort and outcome -|- As I mentioned last week,...
15 November 2025
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Management Omissions -  5 fatal mistakes that leader fall prey to -|- Many years ago...
23 November 2025
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Under the Knife 3.0 - Navigating a second open-heart surgery -|- About a year ago...
24 January 2026

Michael’s Mission

My goal has been to produce results in all aspects of my job so that my Chick-fil-A store can expand its impact and develop more leaders. I am passionate about challenging others to maximize their rate of personal growth.

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