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In A Shot Of Optimism, Uncategorized
Posted November 18, 2014

Why Small Failures Are So Important to Success

Were you raised hearing the adage:  When life gives you lemons, make lemonade?  It was one of my father’s favorites.  When things didn’t work out the way I hoped, he’d always remind me. But [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Uncategorized, What's Holding You Back?
Posted August 26, 2014

The Surprising Six Words That Lead to Failure

By the time most of us finish grade school we have already internalized the need to “look good”.   Back in the 80’s ad man Phil Slott is credited with creating the phrase, never let them see you [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Make Even Smarter Choices, Uncategorized
Posted August 12, 2014

Are You Dying of Embarrassment?

It started when you were a kid – your dad’s horrible shirt, your mother’s insistence on a curfew, your little brother’s idol worship of your best friend.  And it just kept on – your [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Discover Your Passion, Uncategorized, What's Holding You Back?
Posted February 12, 2014

Olympic Wisdom: Are You Winning or Losing?

Are you impatient to “get there” – the next level, the next promotion, the next pay grade, the next recognition? Are you chasing something you can never quite grab? What if winning means [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Uncategorized, What's Holding You Back?
Posted November 20, 2013

What Do You Do When It All Goes Wrong?

The job you loved goes away.  The relationship you treasured ends. The money, the status, the stuff evaporates. If you are old enough to read this, you have experienced a loss, an ending, some [...]

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In Uncategorized, What's Holding You Back?
Posted October 1, 2013

The Secret to Getting Attention

  Have you ever been the new kid on the block?  The new person on the job?  A first-time guest at a senior leadership meeting? What did you do? Most people fall into one of two camps: the [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Make Even Smarter Choices, Uncategorized
Posted July 9, 2013

Have You Fallen Off-Track?

Have you ever made a commitment to yourself then broken it? Done something that was less than your best? Made a mess of a relationship? Most of us have gotten off-track somewhere, somehow and we [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Discover Your Passion, Uncategorized, What's Holding You Back?
Posted May 28, 2013

Fail Your Way To Success…

The Wright Brothers failed and failed and failed to get their early aircrafts sustainably airborne.  Edison successfully discovered 1000 ways NOT to make a light bulb, Einstein failed half his [...]

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In A Shot Of Optimism, Discover Your Passion, Uncategorized, What's Holding You Back?
Posted September 4, 2012

Re-Invention

When I was in my twenties, I’m a Baby Boomer, so it was a different world, I had the notion that when one “grew up”, that life somehow settled down to a predictable “happily ever after” pattern. [...]

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