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The "everybody knows" mindset can hinder learning by assuming that everyone shares the same knowledge. Breaking this habit means fostering openness, encouraging questions, and embracing humility. Leaders can prevent misunderstandings by over-communicating and using teach-back. Let’s make it safe to ask questions and welcome learning at all levels.
Read MoreIn our busy lives, it’s essential to remember that every small act of kindness contributes to a larger tapestry of community and connection. By making the conscious choice to be kind, we can create a culture where empathy and understanding thrive.
Let’s strive to be the drivers who, even when faced with the chaos of life, choose to pause, reflect, and act with kindness. After all, the benefits of a compassionate approach extend far beyond a single moment; they can transform our days and, ultimately, our communities.
Read MoreYou are consuming more information than ever before. Still, you are learning less than ever before because unless you intentionally make an effort, almost all the content is content you are already agreeable to.
Only consuming agreeable content, especially in short form, prevents you from learning.
To relearn the art of learning, you need to be intentional about applying the steps in this article.
Read MoreIf you move through life at the pace of everyone else, you will experience life like everyone else. If you experience life like everybody else, you should expect to get the same results as everyone else.
So, if your goal is to get better results than everyone else, you must experience life differently.
Here are some examples of the fruits of living differently from a recent trip to Colorado.
Read MoreWe are always told not to make assumptions, but should we never assume anything? What are some good assumptions to make? Here are 7 assumptions you should make if you want to live a better life. #bestlife #winning #bestself
Read MoreTo raise children who become self-sufficient adults who are decent human beings. Self-sufficient meaning they can manage their own emotions, provide for their own needs, and live in mutually beneficial relationships with others.
This article covers 10 things you are doing that are hurting your ability to lead your kids to success.
Read MoreYou have probably heard the advice to control what you can control.
The advice might be followed with a suggestion, which is to write down the list of things on your mind and then to identify the subset of that list that you can control.
The list of things you can control is always considerably smaller than the totality of everything on your mind. But there is a higher form of control that you should be striving for.
It’s as if to say if you can’t control it, you shouldn’t worry about it. A renewed mind paired with self-control habits leads to success in more circumstances and the ability to truly control what you can control, which is yourself. #self-control #selfcontrol #mindset #habits
Read MoreSo, the true gateway to increased productivity and greater success is to stop living in fear. 10 things you can do to make the most of your 24 daily hours. #productivity, #discipline, #lifehacks
Read MoreTaking the mindset of giving 100% of all you have, especially when it is less than 100% you have to give, helps avoid procrastination and creates forward movement. You will be surprised how good it feels to accomplish small things when you start from a place of believing you can’t accomplish anything. This article talks about how to do it. #habits #momentum #impact #forward
Read MoreTruly successful people are achieving a definition of success that they develop for themselves, and they are intentional about the way they achieve and measure success. Truly succession people are filled with joy, not regret. Truly successful people aren’t comparing their success against others because they don’t care; they know success can’t be measured in comparison to others only through comparing today’s version of you to yesterdays.
Read MorePerfection is a myth. Perfection doesn’t exist. Chasing it is like looking for Bigfoot. It may seem like a fantastic idea because should you achieve perfection (or find Bigfoot), you’ll get lots of recognition. But the reality is no one ever finds Bigfoot, just like no human has ever achieved perfection. All searching for perfection (or Bigfoot) produces is wasted energy, wasted time, and disappointment. The better alternative is delivering impact through significant enough outputs followed by iterative adjustments towards even better outcomes. Here are five reasons you keep chasing perfection. #success #changemanagement #progress
Read MoreBoundaries are helpful for healthy relationships and safe cattle farming. Be sure to establish, communicate, and maintain your boundaries, so they achieve their intended objective. Remember, if your boundaries are too strong, you will eventually keep everyone out. The goal of boundaries isn’t to keep people out; it is to maintain health and mutually beneficial relationships. #personalboundaries #healthrelationships #farmlife #personalleadership
Read MoreDon't stop looking for ways to sprinkle the small things into your work and personal life. They really do make other people smile. But do these things in such a way that the initial smile doesn’t quickly and permanently fade into a frown because your attempt at a small thing isn’t done well. Three things you can do to get the small things right. #customerservice #service
Read MoreTaking the time to reflect will lead to a better life. Here is encouragement to reflect and a path towards making it worth it.
Read MoreWe need to find people who can point out our blind spots in an effective way. Here is what to look for.
Read MoreIn a perfect world, you wouldn’t need to run any kind of experiments. It would be a world without regret. You would already know everything necessary to have an amazing lasting relationship. But the world isn’t perfect. Intentional experiments are how you learn to thrive in romantic relationships while enjoying the journey. #relationships #datingexperiments #healthyrelationships
Read MoreYou don’t need to solve every problem you encounter, which is good because you literally can’t. Your resources have limits, so you must learn how to manage them wisely, and sometimes that means ignoring the windchime. The decision to live with the occasional noise it creates is more responsible than devoting resources to quieting something when there are minimal returns on creating the silence.
Read MoreWisdom is deciding not to make a decision based on whether or not to pursue something new based solely on the initial cost. Everything worth doing requires an initial investment. Some of those costs might even cause you to reconsider if it is worth it.
Here is a process to help you determine if it is worth.
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