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The Two C's - How to put content to use -|- Last Fall my church studied through the Bible book of James together in small groups that met each week. Perhaps the most well-known verse in James occurs in the...

Gold Nuggets - 6 top pieces of content for growth -|- Last week I wrote about a few top places to go to receive growth focused content each week. Along these same lines, I want to share some of the best...

Mining for Gold - 5 top sources for growth-rich content -|- A couple of times each month I encounter a very familiar situation when interacting with direct reports, peers, or friends. Another person will ask some version of “What books...

Improving Performance - 5 steps to turn bad to good -|- For the 10 years that I have overseen the Chick-fil-A location that I manage, there have been lots of highs and a few lows regarding customer satisfaction performance. Strategically...

The Second-Best Article in the World - How to be successful -|- Last week I wrote about the fact that for me articles are far more efficient for growing oneself than books or podcasts. In that post I also shared...

The Best Article in the World - The difference between successful people and failures -|- If you had bumped into me 8 or 10 years ago and asked how I was growing myself personally at that time, the answer would...

Traits of Success - 12 things that the successful, unsuccessful do -|- Why is it that some who have more than they could ever need are miserable, while others who possess much less are satisfied? We know that this phenomenon...

Underperformance - Causes and cures for floundering performance -|- If I’ve seen it once I’ve seen it a hundred times while leading at Chick-fil-A over the years. You’ll get a young professional a year or two out of college with...

Professional - 8 Marks of a True Professional -|- Recently, a National Football League player made the decision to quit playing for his team, Miami, in the middle of the game. 3 years ago the exact same thing happened in...

Management Miss Are you too LITTLE of a micromanager?! -|- Every single aspect of life requires balance. Spend too much time at work, and your personal relationships will suffer. Spend too little time at work, and you will be without...