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I stumbled upon Thomas Oppong’s article, Why Eliminating Behaviors That Make You Miserable Can Make You Happier, which references a book by Randy J. Paterson, Ph.D., How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use.  I thought it could be helpful to create an exercise to enable others to practice the valuable advice  on how…

In this TED talk video, Simon Sinek takes about qualities that good leaders have. One attribute that Simon highlights in the video is willingness to sacrifice. Simon connects how military leaders willing to sacrifice themselves builds trust and safety among their subordinates - a quality that many business leaders are not known for. Compellingly, he…

I always say, it's better to disappoint and disappear We’ve all been in situations where we were confronted with having to disappoint someone, whether it's a friend, family member or a business partner. We kept putting it off because we wanted to avoid the ensuing conflict, justifiably or not. That's where personal growth and self-help…

Here are the four most common reasons most people never try a work coach or professional coaching, I'm fine without it It's mainly for top executives I like doing things my way even if it’s not the perfect way It's too expensive Let's see if we can’t shed some light on this subject. I'm fine…

Getting into a habit tracker app (apps that help us remember to study our Spanish, do our push-ups in the morning and drink at least 1½ liters of water) are springing up.  Do they really work?  That's a question I had been grappling with for some time, and I've concluded that we can definitively live…

This is where most companies succeed or fail. We’ve all seen big companies start from the ground up. Microsoft, Apple, Uber and many others have shown us that we can go from an idea to a successful business with the right bases. These bases are as simple as: a good idea, a good piece of…