This is part II of our two part series on goal setting, inspired by the book, Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg (get the full book summary here). In part I, we talked about why it’s …
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Smarter Faster Better, Part I: Why SMART Goals Don’t Work
This is Part 1 of a 2-Part series on how to become smarter, faster and better at goal setting, inspired by the book, Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg. Here’s what we cover in Part 1: Why …
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Habit Loops: The Secret to Creating or Breaking Any Habit
When you woke up this morning, what did you do first? Did you hop in the shower, did you check your email, or did you grab a doughnut from the kitchen counter? Did you brush your teeth before or after …
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Stressed Out? Remember Your Core Values
“The kind of self-affirmation I’m talking about—the kind whose effects [researchers] have studied—doesn’t have anything to do with reciting generic one-liners in the mirror, nor does it involve …
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Book Summary: Presence by Amy Cuddy
The research I’ve been doing for years now joins a large body of inquiry into a quality I call presence. Presence stems from believing in and trusting yourself—your real, honest feelings, values, and …
How To Wake Up Early and Workout
I love waking up early and working out. And the reasons for this are many, including the research-driven data that shows how exercising in the morning actually gives us MORE energy, as opposed to the …
The Growth Mindset: Muhammad Ali’s Real Secret To Success
Ali’s brilliance was his mind. His brains, not his brawn. Back since the earliest days of boxing, experts relied on what they called the “tales of the tape” to predict how successful a given …
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The ONE Thing – Book Summary
The One Thing : The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan “Success is sequential, not simultaneous” “Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re …
Leaders Eat Last : Book Summary
Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek The main message of Leaders Eat Last is simple -- the buck stops at the leader’s desk. In other words, those of us that lead may not …
