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It’s Easier Said Than Done? Of Course It Is. Do It Anyway
Not long ago, when I suggested to a complaining supervisor that he should tell an employee to stop behaving inappropriately and start doing the work he was assigned, the supervisor said, with a sigh,”I know. I know. But, that’s easier said than done.” A few days later, someone wrote to me about some dietary advice her doctor…
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Some Days You Are The Bird And Some Days You Are The Moth
A Casey McCorison photograph: Costa Rica 2009 Have you ever been buzzing around at work, taking care of business (you thought), figuring things were going OK and that you were on track with your professional relationships, your career and your reputation, when—zap!–you were hit by criticism, an attack you never expected or a negative event of crisis proportions in your life or…
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Are You Waiting For All The Lights To Turn Green?
Samuel Johnson, the venerable philosopher and Dictionary compiler of the 1700s, said, “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” A modern way to say that is, “You’ll never get anywhere if you wait for all the lights to turn green at once.” I was talking this week to someone…