Even Bad People Have Good Ideas

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a dramatic decline in the number of conversations that involve critical reasoning and independent thinking. I’m very concerned

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Tolerating the Truth

You have an enormous advantage in life when you have the capacity to tolerate the truth. Anyone can tolerate the truth when it’s positive and

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Criticism vs. Requests

Criticism involves telling someone what they did wrong (or worse yet, telling them what’s wrong with them). A request involves asking somebody to do something

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Confidence vs. Competence

Confidence (and the lack thereof) comes in two flavors: 1) Earned2) Unearned Earned confidence comes from one source, and one source only: Competence You earn

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You’re Mostly Right

In my mentorship program, one of the recurring topics I discuss is how to be more powerful and influential with others at work. Here’s one

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