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Can you build anything from a pile of rocks?
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Monday Quote of the Week: Do you have your people in the right seats on the bus?
I get a kick out of the cultural, food and other observations from the character of Raymond Reddington on NBC's The Blacklist. This phrase, in particular, hits home. We've all heard that we should be "getting the right people...
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Monday Quote of the Week
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Monday Quote of the Week: Angry? Angry enough to do more harm than good?
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Monday Quote of the Week: Swimming Against the Current?
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Monday Quote of the Week
There are days when we think we have no chance at all. Others got there first ... they have bigger armies and bigger arsenals ... more money, more experience, more followers .... But, the battle is not lost. They are...
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Monday Quote of the Week
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Monday Quote of the Week
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7 Words that Save Lives and Apply to Everything We Do
In a 7-hour-long operation that took place on May 22 at the University Hospital of Mirebalais in Haiti, Dr. Henri Ford, the chief of surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, directed his "incredible dream team" of several dozen professionals to successfully...
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Welcome to the Winter Olympics where Teamwork is Rampant
The Winter Olympics have returned and it's exciting to see the camaraderie and kinship shared by so many, within the individual teams as well as across national boundaries. We will soon be launching our own Olympic Assessment so you can evaluate...
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Monday Quote of Week: We Know. You’re Busy. So What?
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Monday Quote of Week: The Burn & The Blister
We know this is true: but here's the question you have to answer: Why don't you remember the blister? Hop on over to our Facebook Page to leave your comment or question. I visit it every day and look forward...
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Resentment | Bitterness | Revenge | Best to kick them to the curb!
BTW, the same holds for Jealousy. And Bitterness And Anger. And Revenge. Let it go. (The quote has been attributed to Nelson Mandela, Buddha and Anne Lamotte among others. It may have come into common parlance in the 1930s with...
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Is Your Annual Plan Alive and Well … Or Dying on Your Credenza?
Completing your Annual plan does not mean you're finished. I t means you're just beginning and if you don't keep it alive, it will be DOA. In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning...
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Adversity Should be our Favorite Enemy
You've heard sayings that rhyme with this sentiment … probably ad nauseum throughout your life. Yet, there is no greater truth. We find what we're really made of … not when everyone's watching … not when everything is going...
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Happy New Year! 2018 is YOUR YEAR.
Happy New Year, my friends. L et's see what we can accomplish together in 2018! Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. ~ Oscar Wilde The New Year is always a great time for renewal and for a fresh start...
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The 12 Course Tasting Menu of Business Excellence
Yes, the holidays are here and already the list of things to do continues to grow – completing the annual budget, planning parties, visiting with friends, figuring out what to get who for when … and so it goes. Y...
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Sing It With Me | The 12 Pains of Christmas
The holidays are here and we're still trying to figure out how we're going to get it all done. You know, all the productivity stuff we talk about S o, instead of asking you to work at something – anything...
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Perfection is the Enemy of Good … and of Done.
If you're a recovering perfectionist like me, you may have learned by now that perfection can actually be the enemy of good. It's also the enemy of Done ... if you're letting your desire for perfection get in the way of...
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Don’t Let This Be Your Fallback Plan in 2018
As you formulate your goals for 2018, don't let this become your fallback plan. Go for it. Aim at that Big Hairy Audacious Goal ("BHAG" in the parlance of Jim Collins of Good to Great fame). What have you got to...
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5 Tips from Winston Churchill to Overcome Any Storm
Are you having a bad day … maybe a bad week … even a few bad weeks in a row? C ould you handle it if you had to slog your way through a seemingly unending storm? How Do You...
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Monday Quote of the Week: Paralysis by Analysis?
If you're a recovering perfectionist like me, this is a challenging concept ... but without it, we're both toast! You can easily add your comment below, or by visiting our Facebook Page or @Exkalibur on Twitter. I visit them every day...
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The Two Principles You Need to Live a Life of Harmony
Does this get you thinking: Today is the Day that Tomorrow was Yesterday? D o you live your life like Tomorrow Never Comes? If you don’t make the best of today, what else is left? It’s Time to Live a...
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