Tag: Personal Development

Boss’s Tip of the Week: Read outside your field

  |   Leadership Reading
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Some of the most powerful, breakthrough ideas happen when you adopt practices that are common in other fields. The easiest way to find those practices is to spend a little time every week reading blogs and websites from other fields. Ten to fifteen minutes will get the job done if you do it regularly. This is only one  »  Read More

Lessons from the Great Fishing Contest

  |   Life
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It was the day of the Great Fishing Contest. I was about seven years old. We lived in a small town with a creek that ran right through the center of the town square. Every year, the town held a fishing contest. There were prizes for the most fish, the biggest fish, the smallest fish, and all sorts of other  »  Read More

New Year’s Resolutions and Reality Checks

  |   Planning
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The ancient Babylonians were probably the first people to make something like New Year’s resolutions, around 4,000 years ago. In their case, the resolutions were promises to the gods to do something specific, like repay a debt. Today, New Year’s resolutions don’t have much to do with anything religious. Instead  »  Read More

Boss’s Tip of the Week: Your New Year Do’s for 2023

  |   future
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It’s almost 2023. Somehow, COVID keeps hanging around.  We’re cobbling together different forms of co-located and remote work. We’re working out just what AI may mean for us all. What will 2023 be like? How will back to work work out? Will an AI bot write this post next year? Will there be good  »  Read More

Reading Lists for Business Leaders: 10/17/22

  |   Books
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Leaders are readers. Reading helps you discover ideas to try and expand your mental models. In this post, I point you to several lists of books. Check them out. You may discover your next read or even a book that will change your life. From Michael McKinney: 10 Books to Get You Back to Work “SUMMER is over  »  Read More

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