Complete Post List

Complete List of Blog Posts by Nathan S. Collier

518 ) Questions Are The Answer
517 ) Waste Not, Want Not
516 ) If Not Now, When?
515 ) Choose Your Pain
514 ) What If We Are Wrong?
513 ) The Helper’s High
512 ) Work Ethic: A Not So Small Thing That Makes A Big Difference
511 ) The Principles We Live By
510 ) PopCap: Overcriminalization
509 ) Go Play In Traffic
508 ) PopCap: The Hokey Pokey And Hate Crimes
507 ) Urban Meyer: Choose A Story, Choose A Life
506 ) “Finding The Freedom Of Self-Control”
505 ) Do Unto Others: The Golden Rule And The Ethic Of Reciprocity
504 ) Genius Vs. Chance
503 ) PopCap: “Stolen Valor”: Exposing Bogus Vets
502 ) Self-Fulfilling Expectations: Creating The World We Expect To See
501 ) $100 And A Bag Of Nails
500 ) Creating A Calm Brain
499 ) How Is Your Resiliency Factor?
498 ) Count Your Blessings
497 ) Little Known Secret To Weight Control: Calorie Density
496 ) Sleep On It
495 ) PopCap: Land Of The Semi-Free: The Steady Erosion Of Your Rights
494 ) What You Resist, Persists
493 ) An Easy Way To Live 30% Longer
492 ) Are You A Tigger Or An Eeyore?
491 ) Entrepreneurial Spirit: A TCC Culture Blog
490 ) PopCap: A “Modest Proposal” Or Two
489 ) Half Birthdays and the Examined Life
488 ) Internal Peace vs. External Peace
487 ) The Viatl Role of the Enforcer
486 ) Top 10 Most Expensive vs. Top 10 Most Happy
485 ) PopCap: Creating What You Fear
484 ) The Virtues of Self Binding
483 ) Smiling Matters
482 ) Let’s Hug It Out
481 ) “As the twig is bent…”
480 ) PopCap: Zero Tolerance = Institutionalized Stupidity
479 ) Don’t Be A Frog
478 ) The Courage to Say No
477 ) The Dangers of Being Different
476 ) Healthy Aging
475 ) PopCap: And Inconvenient Truth…About Solar Power
474 ) “…We never know what momen our lives will be judged on.”
473 ) Don’t Believe Everything You Read (Part 3)
472 ) “I Get So Mad When…” AKA Giving Away Your Personal Power
471 ) Candor: How Little We Get, How Much We Need It
470 ) PopCap: Health Care vs. Healthy Behavior: John F. Kennedy and the Presidential Fitness Award
469 ) Don’t Believe Everything You Read (Part 2)
468 ) A Guarantee is Only as Good as the Guarantor
467 ) “Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior”
466 ) Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
465 ) PopCap: Prove the Savings First, Please
464 ) GNP vs. GNH (Gross National Happiness)
463 ) Good Intentions Are Not Enough
462 ) Exercise Makes You Smarter
461 ) Face Blindness vs. Super Recongnizers
460 ) PopCap: Perfectionsim = Gridlock
459 ) Power of Relationships: The Meaning of Gifts
458 ) Life Is how You Look At It, Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone: Your Choice
457 ) “Set big goals and own the responsibility for meeting them”
456 ) Capt. Sullenberger, Flight 1549, and Deliberate Calm
455 ) PopCap: The Stupid Pursuit of Hyper “Safety,” or What Happens When Chicken Little Is In Charge
454 ) Criticism: Friend of Foe
453 ) Courageous Acceptance of Personal Responsibility
452 ) Learning to Ring Pavlov’s Bell Ourselves
451 ) Beware the Cost of the Middleman
450 ) PopCap: The High Price of Ego
449 ) Unseen Consequences, Forgotten Costs
448 ) Any Fool Can Make A Rule
447 ) Seven Easy Questions for Smarter Spending
446 ) Don’t Blame Your Genes
445 ) Just Deal With It: Getting In Touch With Your Survival Instinct
444 ) Self Fulling Prophecies
443 ) Good Service Does Not Have to Cost Big Bucks
442 ) Why Do Some Succeed?
441 ) PopCap: Full Disclosure, Complete Transparency: Basic Minimums of Trust
440 ) Taking Calorie Counts With a Grain of Salt: Don’t Believe Everything You Read
439 ) Empowerment (3 of 3)
438 ) Reality Please
437 ) DNA Evidence Foolproof? NOT!
436 ) PopCap: Perverse Incentives and Humans: Know Thy Adversary
435 ) To whom much is given, mush is required
434 ) Stephen R. Covey on Empowerment (2 of 3)
433 ) Rational Assessment of Risk
432 ) The Inevitability of Adversity…and the Benefits Thereof
431 ) PopCap: A Free Enterprise Solution to Immigration
430 ) Finding the Line: Small Improvements, Big Cumulative Impacts
429 ) Empowerment Revisted (1 of 3)
428 ) A Rose By Any Other Name
427 ) GM’s Volt 230 MPG? NOT!
426 ) PopCap: Unseen Choices: Defined Benefit vs. Defined Cost Health Care
425 ) Hostile Interactions and Wound Healing
424 ) To Serve The Greater Good
423 ) Ryanair: No Serivce, No Apologies, No Problem! A Different Approach to Value
422 ) A Soft Answer
421 ) PopCap: “The right of the people to be secure…against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…”
420 ) Best Advice I Ever Received: Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, Retired Four-Star General
419 ) Starlight Runner
418 ) “You are the way you are because…”
417 ) Thought Virus
416 ) PopCap: Forget the CEOs: Congress Has a Fleet of 16 Jets
415 ) Motivation Matters Most
414 ) Pay Attention: You Already May Have Everything You Truly Want
413 ) The Importance of Considering Opportunity Costs
412 ) Primary Happiness, Secondary Happiness
411 ) PopCap: Majoring in Minor Things
410 ) Time Management: An Hour a Week, 10 Minutes a Day
409 ) “Juega cada punto como si fuera el ultimo”
408 ) Showing and Doing Speaks Louder than Telling
407 ) Customer Service and Recovery Behavior
406 ) PopCap: Big Brother Runs Amok for…Nada?
405 ) “Every Time You Scream at a Driver, She Learns a Lesson”
404 ) “A soft answer turneth away wrath”
403 ) The Journal
402 ) PopCap: A Nation of Sheep
401 ) Hurrah for Pigovian Taxes
400 ) Online Degrees: For Real?
399 ) Read The Footnotes: Jim Rodgers
398 ) Power of Example
397 ) Paralysis Thru Analysis: Can Anyone Here Make a Command Decision?
396 ) “How David Beats Goliath”
395 ) The Joys of Honest Labor
394 ) Do You Want to Live Forever
393 ) PopCap: Preventive Health Care Does NOT Save Money?
392 ) “The Long and Winding Road”
391 ) Saying So Doesn’t Make it So
390 ) Sounds Like Life To Me
389 ) In Praise of Footnotes (and Skepticism)
388 ) PopCap: Sometimes Stuff Just Happens
387 ) “The Power of a Postive No,” by William Ury
386 ) “You are Right” : Best Customer Service Words Ever Spoken
385 ) Self Trust
384 ) Idling Away our Future
383 ) PopCap: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
382 ) What You Make of It
381 ) Love: Noun or Verb?
380 ) Four Defenses
379 ) “There’s No Such Thing as ‘Business’ Ethics”
378 ) PopCap: “Teach Your Children Well”
377 ) Marriot: Your customer service is only as good as your vendors
376 ) “It is only the memory of poverty…”
375 ) The Pitfalls of Unbounded, Undisciplined Compassion
374 ) I Don’t Want To Hear About It
373 ) PopCap: Massive Stimulus = Massive Fraud
372 ) The Rashomon Effect
371 ) 10.7 Million
370 ) “Endlessly Curious”
369 ) PopCap: “Tax What You Burn, Not What Your Earn”
368 ) “Large Scale Waiting”
367 ) “Just Three Things”
366 ) The Joys of Frugality
365 ) The Most Important Variable
364 ) PopCap: “From Its Poorest Citizen”
363 ) “It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
362 ) Four Human Needs
361 ) Our Actions Influence Our Feelings
360 ) Recency Bias
359 ) PopCap: Excusitis
358 ) You can’t lose what you never had
357 ) Musings on Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership
356 ) How to Get Years’ Experience in Years
355 ) Trayless Dining
354 ) PopCap: Global Shame
353 ) Can You Handle It For Now
352 ) Alexander Technique
351 ) “10-10-10″
350 ) Want to Add Years to Your Life? Happy Years?
349 ) Prosperity: The Solution to Global Warming?
348 ) Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: Part
347 ) The Virtues of Soft Power
346 ) “That’s what calculators are for…” NOT!
345 ) What do you expect of yourself?
344 ) PopCap: Good Samaritan?
343 ) “The Untethered Soul”
342 ) Beware the Middleman: ~$800 Million For Doing Nada
341 ) The Power of a List
340 ) The Edge
339 ) PopCap: Too Big to Fail = Failure of Anit-Trust Legislation
338 ) The Opposite of Love
337 ) The Encourage vs. Correct Continuum
336 ) “The Tallest Building He Could Find”
335 ) PopCap: Hidden Persuaders
334 ) Sometimes All Is Not As It Seems
333 ) Triple Win: Beating Obesity, Traffic, AND Global Warming?
332 ) We Create Our Own Traps
331 ) PopCap: 5% Truth, 95% BS
330 ) True Colors
329 ) Starting With Why: Sharing Intent vs. Instruction
328 ) Beware the “All Hat, No Cattle” Leader
327 ) Privacy is an Illusion
326 ) Learning to Love It
325 ) Sources of Lasting Satisfaction
324 ) “Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions”
323 ) “Pregnant with Myself”
322 ) PopCap: Massive Failure of Morality and Regulation, Not Capitalism
321 ) It’s RESULTS That Count
320 ) The Meaning of Any Message…
319 ) Pay Attention to What You Remember
318 ) Toilet Paper as a Moral Choice?
317 ) PopCap: Big Brother is Watching
316 ) Pre-Investing in the Next Mountain Top
315 ) Pre-Positioning
314 ) Ten Year’s Experience…or One Year’s Experience Times Ten ?
313 ) The Headline You Will Never See
312 ) PopCap: The Downside of Fat Jockeys
311 ) Taming the Blame-Shame Game
310 ) Dancing in the Rain
309 ) Five Times Three: An Energy/Time Management Tool
308 ) Keep Your Life Interesting or You Will Mess Up Just to Spice It Up
307 ) PopCap: Three Reasons Why Wall Street Bonus Plans Don’t/Can’t Work
306 ) A Post-Valentine’s Day Missive
305 ) Teachable Moments
304 ) “Driven way beyond anyone else I’d ever met.”
303 ) Time is Not Linear
302 ) Making Weakness Irrelevant
301 ) “Dreams from My Father,” by Barack Obama
300 ) Taking Requests: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
299 ) Meetings Are a Matter of Precious Time
298 ) The Billionaire Street Sweeper
297 ) Learning to Love “Fumble Reports”: The Value of Clear Communication, Upfront Honesty
296 ) “I would do anything to be able to…”
295 ) “Let He Who is Without Sin Cast the First Stone”
294 ) Where the Rubber Meets the Road
293 ) It’s Not Where You Are, But Who You Are
292 ) Your Tendency Does Not Have to Be Your Destiny
291 ) The Beginner’s Mind
290 ) Want Better Results? Take More Action!
289 ) Whatever it takes
288 ) “Life is one indivisible whole”
287 ) You Can Have Anything You Want
286 ) Updating Your Mental Anti-Virus Software
285 ) A Moment That Will Define a Generation
284 ) It isn’t always easy
283 ) Accountability Checkpoint
282 ) Context is Vital
281 ) Cool, Calm, and Collected
280 ) The Difference is Small
279 ) Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
278 ) In Praise of Fear, or Using the Shark!
277 ) Success is Never Final
276 ) Descipline = Freedom
275 ) Success Defined
274 ) The Magic of Special
273 ) “So easy when I want to. So hard when I don’t”
272 ) Honest Leadership
271 ) If not now, when?
270 ) No one needs a smile more than someone who has none left to give
269 ) What Do You Think is Impossible?
268 ) Excuse Me! Your Life is Waiting!
267 ) The Transmission of Emotion: Contagious Happiness?
266 ) “I don’t want your apology – I want you to be sorry.”
265 ) Expectations Can Create Reality: On the Self-Fullfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes
264 ) Intelligent Criticism, Effective Feedback
263 ) Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
262 ) Cheerfully Executing Plan B
261 ) Two Words
260 ) Officers Eat Last
259 ) Time to START
258 ) Chosing your reality
257 ) Some people always find a way, some people always find an excuse!
256 ) What do you look forward to
255 ) We have wings we know not yet of…
254 ) The Ten Wisest People I know
253 ) A Day of Thanks, Moments of Perspective
252 ) Encourage = In Courage
251 ) Communicating with Integrity
250 ) Things can always get worse
249 ) It’s not that I’m not satisfied, it’s just that I always want more!
248 ) The Einstellung Effect
247 ) Paying for Self Discipline is Expensive
246 ) The Obligations of Power
245 ) Communicate with Care: Words Vary, Meanings are Many
244 ) Talent is Overated
243 ) Natural Rights vs. Artificial Rights
242 ) “…A fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected”
241 ) Learning to Single Task
240 ) Connecting with your Future Self
239 ) Feet of Clay
238 ) The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids
237 ) The Joys of Thrift
236 ) Living in Harmony with Nature
235 ) Business Lessons From A Chessboard
234 ) Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
233 ) Laying Bricks of Building Cathedrals
232 ) The Limits of Group Intelligence
231 ) Boundarylessness
230 ) Communication Loops: Decision; Veto; Information
229 ) Moving Meditation
228 ) Complacency is a Champion’s Greatest Foe
227 ) Delineating Known Failure Paths vs. Constructive Guidance and Dousing Creative Enthusiasm
226 ) Out of the Mouths of Babes
225 ) What Small Things Make You Happy?
224 ) Audition for the Role of Your New Self
223 ) Two Sets of Skills
222 ) The Power of Negative Thinking
221 ) You Cannot Not Communicate
220 ) Fear is a Guidepost, Not a Stop Sign
219 ) Four Phrases, Ten Words
218 ) Defining a “Learning Organization”
217 ) The Joys of Simplicity
216 ) If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority
215 ) If it were easy, everyone would do it
214 ) Tooth to Tail Ratio
213 ) Taking the High Road
212 ) What DIDN’T you do?
211 ) Trying Differently
210 ) Be a little kinder than you need to be
209 ) The Full Story
208 ) Systemize Your Success
207 ) Leadership in the Breach
206 ) An Easy Way to Avoid Learning
205 ) Seeing the World Through the Eyes of a Wise Heart
204 ) Attitudes are Contagious
203 ) Going to the Mountain Top
202 ) As a Man Thinketh
201 ) Practice Dying
200 ) “Dreams are the Whispers of the Soul”
199 ) “The Power of Unreasonable People”
198 ) Listen to the Behavior
197 ) “Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics,” by Joseph Nye
196 ) “Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success” by Jorge Perez
195 ) Avoiding the Second Arrow
194 ) Truths Are Caught, Not Taught
193 ) …a time to fold ‘em
192 ) There is a reason to do every deal….
191 ) “There is a tide in the affairs of men…”
190 ) The Grass is Always Greener
189 ) “A fool with a plan can beat a genius without a plan”
188 ) Always Present Options
187 ) Accessing Collective Intelligence
186 ) A good outcome does not always mean a good decision…
185 ) Responsible = Response Able
184 ) The Shortcomings of Superman
183 ) Expect Success, Plan for Failure
182 ) Portion Control: Making Empowering Choices
181 ) Coat & Tie vs. Global Warming: Which One Wins?
180 ) Broken Windows: Why the little things can be big things
179 ) You Can’t Win if You Don’t Play
178 ) Debt: Friend or Foe?
177 ) Four Ways to Spend Money
176 ) “Culture Matter: How Values Shape Human Progress”
175 ) “I Intend To” vs. “Immediate I Have”
174 ) A Plug For Contentment
173 ) Selling Sizzling Steak: Performance and Promotion
172 ) Lying about your vegetables
171 ) Take a deep breath. Stretch.
170 ) In Memory of Courtland Alden Collier
169 ) Chicken Little Rides Again
168 ) “…not because they are easy, but because they are hard…”
167 ) “Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness”
166 ) No individual raindrop takes responsibility, but the flood still happens
165 ) The Pros Make it Look Easy
164 ) Don’t let the other side rent space in your head
163 ) Use your “I & R”
162 ) It was true….until it wasn’t
161 ) Does Screaming Improve Behavior ? An Error in Intution
160 ) In Praise of Disappointment
159 ) Habits: A Liberating Perspective
158 ) We Change When We Want To
157 ) Reframing Revisited
156 ) Training Shamu: Lessons for humans
155 ) The Drunkard’s Walk and The Law of Small Numbers
154 ) One thing boldy different every day
153 ) 18 simple ways to make a habit
152 ) We see the world as we are. We see the world as we expect to see.
151 ) Expect the best; Inspect for what you expect
150 ) Do not block the many because of the few
149 ) If there is nothing to do, do nothing.
148 ) Words Matter
147 ) Rules for the guidance of the wise
146 ) You’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean
145 ) The wise farmer does not cast seed on rocky ground
144 ) Overdetermined
143 ) “Leaving for Hawaii”
142 ) Micro-Actions
141 ) You can choose the lesson you learn
140 ) Father’s Day Reflections: My Father’s Greatest Gift
139 ) Opportunity Costs: The Road Not Taken
138 ) Involvment Breeds Commitment
137 ) Excusitis
136 ) “The Speed of Trust” by Stephen Covey
135 ) Always assume positive intent
134 ) Groupthink
133 ) Irrational Fears
132 ) Bird of a Feather
131 ) Emotion is Energy in Motion
130 ) Make it a game
129 ) Everywhere you go, there you are
128 ) “I Intend To…”
127 ) Memorial Day: Are we worthy?
126 ) Beware “Competitive Arousal”
125 ) If you squeeze an orange, you don’t get lemon juice
124 ) The Secret of Success is no Secret
123 ) Personal Mission Statement
122 ) What do you do when you do nothing?
121 ) Go with your strengths, Backstop your weaknesses
120 ) You can’t get enough of what you don’t need
119 ) Celebrating Everyday Heroes
118 ) Don’t believe everything they tell you: The fuzzy numbers behind the numbers
117 ) Pack your own weight
116 ) All actions teach the belief system that motivates them
115 ) You cannot talk you way out of what you have behaved yourself into
114 ) Plans are useless, but planning is invaluable
113 ) Becoming your own best friend
112 ) What you focus on Expands!
111 ) A story to restore your faith in humanity
110 ) We all go the same distance in life…
109 ) Argue for your weakness and it’s yours
108 ) Can you summon your talent at will?
107 ) 30 Methods of Influence
106 ) Everyone who works for me is a volunteer
105 ) Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out!
104 ) The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine
103 ) I am the one I’ve been waiting for
102 ) Rationalize = Rational Lies
101 ) The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking
100 ) Three Kinds of People
99 ) The Golden Opportunity You Are Seeking…
98 ) Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
97 ) Never major in minor things
96 ) Acorns & Forest: Balancing optimism and short-term constraints
95 ) I am a “Good” finder
94 ) Creating Value vs. Transferring Value
93 ) Diamond-Faceted Personality
92 ) Guarding the Gates of Change
91 ) Fear: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend
90 ) Healthy Skepticism: Applying a bit of Kentucky Windage
89 ) “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
88 ) The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital
87 ) Four Tools of Discipline from “The Road Less Traveled”
86 ) The Power of Letting Go
85 ) You do NOT lack discipline…
84 ) Rather than increase driving forces, remove restraining forces
83 ) Observation, Evaluation, Judgement
82 ) Stress is not an event, it is a chosen reaction to an event
81 ) Perils of Perfectionism
80 ) Don’t believe everything you read
79 ) When Life Pushes Your Hot Buttons
78 ) Dealing with Business Risk
77 ) Asking Effective Questions
76 ) “O would some power the gift to give us….”
75 ) Reframing
74 ) How to Win Friends and Influence People
73 ) Big Rocks
72 ) Real Magic
71 ) Cold Stoves: Learning the right lesson
70 ) Plane to Las Vegas
69 ) “Don’t tell me how rocky the sea is, just bring the darn ship in”
68 ) Ethos, Pathos, Logos
67 ) Small Secrets
66 ) When the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear
65 ) What’s your HLP?
64 ) Micro Autobiography
63 ) Kill Your Television
62 ) Three Steps into the Fog
61 ) The Motivational Power of Consequences, Standards, and Deadlines
60 ) The Blind Men and the Elephant
59 ) The Set of the Sail
58 ) Magnetize Your Wants
57 ) Computer Models are as Fallible as the Humans that Program Them
56 ) There is very little difference between people, but…
55 ) New Goal: Fail Often!
54 ) Fish Discover Water Last
53 ) Empowering Mental Images
52 ) 360-Degree Feedback
51 ) 360-Degree Leadership
50 ) Personal Power vs. Positional Power
49 ) The Leader’s Path: Evolving Points of View
48 ) The Social Contract
47 ) Memo To My Company
46 ) Change BEFORE a Crisis Forces You to Change
45 ) “The Secret of The Ages” by Robert Collier
44 ) Thoughts on Customer Service
43 ) Over-treated
42 ) Simple Ideas, Complex Execution
41 ) Servant Leadership
40 ) Communicating from the Heart
39 ) One Worry
38 ) Garbage In, Garbage Out
37 ) Economic Democracy
36 ) A prophet is not without honor
35 ) Today is a New Day…
34 ) A Father’s Legacy
33 ) Communication and Customer Service
32 ) Simple Truths
31 ) Less Past, More Future
30 ) Caring Effectively
29 ) Every Yes is a No
28 ) Duh! “House Panel Finds Conflict in Executive Pay Consulting”
27 ) Monopoly: The Natural Goal of Every Business
26 ) Budgets: An Exercise in Illusion
25 ) The Monkey’s Fist: An Ancient Parable for Modern Times
24 ) How does it make the world a better place?
23 ) A Time to Teach
22 ) “The Dance of Intimacy” by Harriet Lerner
21 ) Of Dining Rooms and Kitchens
20 ) Attitude of Gratitude
19 ) Patience as an Active Emotion
18 ) Mental Muscles
17 ) Creating a Company Culture
16 ) Balancing Roles: Finding the Anchor Within
15 ) Principled Profit
14 ) To Know and Not Do is to Not Know
13 ) A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
12 ) Create Choices, Not Traps
11 ) Motivation & Leadership
10 ) Runaway CEO pay
9 ) Casting a worthy shadow
8 ) All I ever need to know as a leader
7 ) The Downside of the Relentless Pursuit of the Perfect Leader
6 ) Making a Difference
5 ) Hard Drives out Soft
4 ) The Courage to Lead
3 ) Learning Your Learning Style
2 ) Principles of Communication
1 ) EQ: The Beginning of Rapport and a Relationship