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How Do You Focus for Success?

Focus is something I continue to work on; it is more challenging for some of us than others and I know for me it varies based on what I am doing. In our culture, many of us have the “shiny object syndrome”, jumping to the next interesting new e-mail, conversation, blog post, or video before…
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Simply Navigating to Success

I love simple solutions and simple ways of doing things. Our brains love simplicity. Here are some of my favorite powerful yet simple strategies for improving the quality of our complex work and home lives to navigate to success: Put things you use every day in the same place every time. Keys, eyeglasses, phone. Designate…
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Resilience: Navigating Around Obstacles & Through Detours for Success

How quickly you can recover and even grow from a set-back will make a big difference in your ability to navigate to success. The good news is that there are actions you can take to significantly improve your resilience. If you’re thinking that all is well and you have no need to read further, consider…
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Navigating the Sea of Ideas to Success

The creative process of generating new ideas has had a lot of focus in the business world over the past decade and for good reason. The more competition the more differentiation needed through creativity and innovation. Our internet world gives us an amazing flow of information and data for generating ideas. We can become buried…
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Navigate and March Forth for Success

Did you realize that today is the day to march forth with your actions to make your goals, visions and dreams come true? This is the first march forth holiday that I have realized exists and it has been happening every year since calendars and the English language were invented! It is a small thing…
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Focus and Motivational Tools to Navigate to Success with Ease

What are your favorite tools for staying motivated and focused? It is dangerous to depend solely on our will to stay focused on our business goals and dreams. We need tools to remind us and keep our will strong and focused for success. Recently, I discovered a new tool for focus that is somewhat unorthodox…
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Imagine Yourself Powerfully Navigating to Success

Your imagination has a lot of power. Try this right now: imagine a bright yellow fresh lemon. Got it? Cut it in half and lift one juicy half to your mouth. If you are really imagining this then your mouth will produce additional saliva, guaranteed. Who cares about more saliva? Well, this is a fun…
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Speaking Up to Navigate to Success

You’ve read about listening and its’ many virtues in several of my posts so I figured it was time to give speaking up some focus. Not long after I joined the General Manager’s staff at my last corporate job one of my peers said, “You jumped right in and didn’t just sit there like some…
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Coaching to Focus on What is Going Well for Success with less Stress

Ok, it is impossible to ignore the pile of torn up cardboard, paper, and broken glass in the middle of the kitchen floor from the dog’s rebelliousness while you were out (this was my afternoon today). But you can clean it up quickly and then focus on more productive actions. Or you can rant and…
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Creating Strong Connections for Success with Less Stress

How are your relationships? Both business and personal connections play a key role in navigating to success with less stress. I credit my success at moving up the corporate ladder with cultivating strong connections as much or more as my working hard to perform well. You can be the best at what you do and…
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