Complete Post List

Complete List of Blog Posts by Nathan S. Collier

945 ) The Power of Nothing
944 ) “Thinking, Fast and Slow”
943 ) The Change Your Life App: Four Lines That Work
942 ) Do the Numbers Sing to You?
941 ) Feel Strongly, Respond Rationally (A Populist-Capitalist Blog)
940 ) Choose Happiness, Live Lots Longer. Promise.
939 ) Four Thoughts on Teamwork
938 ) Unrealistic or Visionary? (It’s a thin line…)
937 ) If Not Now, When?
936 ) Excuse Me! Your Life is Waiting!
935 ) Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
934 ) Time to START
933 ) It’s the System, Silly
932 ) 100,000 Americans Die…
931 ) They Had No Right to Win
930 ) After-Action Report
929 ) Not My Job vs. 360-Degree Awareness
928 ) Impossible is Only in Your Mind
927 ) Matrix Reporting Relationships Explained (aka Dotted-Line Responsibility)
926 ) Love Me or Love Money, Not Both?
925 ) No Slackers, Downers, or Jerks Need Apply
924 ) Limitless Living: 100-Year-Old Marathoner Finishes Race
923 ) What Gets In Your Way?
922 ) It’s the Mind That Matters
921 ) Creative Dreaming vs. Magical Thinking
920 ) False Comfort: The Allure of Self-Sabotaging Behaviors
919 ) Hard Work Required
918 ) Unconscious Living
917 ) Pursing Gold While Still Following the Golden Rule
916 ) Instant Popularity In Six Steps. Guaranteed.
915 ) On “Willpower: The Greatest Human Strength,” by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
914 ) The Drum Major Instinct
913 ) 3 Rules for Surviving Chronic Complainers
912 ) Cultivating a World Class State of Mind
911 ) Decision Fatigue: How to Be Your Best Self Always
910 ) “The Happiness Equation”
909 ) Keep It Friendly, Live Longer
908 ) Accepting Criticism Without Defending
907 ) Are You T Shaped?
906 ) EQ Genius: Making the 1,000th Feel Like the First
905 ) Gold Medal Performance: Smiling on the Balance Beam
904 ) 10,000 Times: The Cumulative Power of Small Actions
903 ) “A little girl and her father…”
902 ) Back Seat Faith
901 ) A Commander’s Creed: Netanyahu and the Raid on Entebbe
900 ) Four Phrases, Ten Words (classic)
899 ) Leisure Sickness: Can Vacations Be Bad For You?
898 ) The Joys of Simplicity (classic)
897 ) Who Controls Your Future?
896 ) The Power of an Auteur
895 ) If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority (classic)
894 ) Life is About Choices
893 ) If it were easy, everyone would do it… (classic)
892 ) Reality Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
891 ) “The Pied Piper of Happiness”
890 ) Tooth to Tail Ratio (classic)
889 ) Six Days a Week, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
888 ) What Didn’t You Do? (classic)
887 ) Beyond Calories
886 ) Trying Differently (classic)
885 ) Bright Burns the Candle: The High of Commitment, The Power of a Goal
884 ) Be a little kinder than you need to be… (classic)
883 ) Cafe Gratitude
882 ) The Full Story (classic)
881 ) We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us
880 ) Systemize Your Success (classic)
879 ) Allotrion
878 ) An Easy Way to Avoid Learning (classic)
877 ) We do these things because…
876 ) Attitudes are Contagious (classic)
875 ) Less Stress, More Success
874 ) The Pros Make it Look Easy: On The Importance of Doing a Great Job AND Looking Great While You Do It (classic)
873 ) Fostering The Hardy Personality
872 ) Listen to the Behavior (classic)
871 ) The Power of the Ask
870 ) …A Time to Fold ‘Em (classic)
869 ) 10 Minutes to Change
868 ) There Is a Reason To Do Every Deal… (classic)
867 ) No Moseyers Need Apply
866 ) “There is a tide in the affairs of men… ”(classic)
865 ) Harvest Joy, Harvest Miracles
864 ) The Grass is Always Greener (classic)
863 ) Always Present Options: Focus on what you can do, rather than what you can’t do (classic)
862 ) Live the Questions
861 ) Accessing Collective Intelligence (classic)
860 ) Happy Your Way Through Problems
859 ) Responsible = Response Able (classic)
858 ) Don’t See The Wall
857 ) The Shortcomings of Superman (classic)
856 ) What You Seek, You Find
855 ) Expect Success, Plan for Failure (classic)
854 ) Are You Sleeping Through the Good Parts?
853 ) Coat & Tie vs. Global Warming: Which One Wins? (classic)
852 ) Positivism: Solution-Oriented Thinking
851 ) You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play (classic)
850 ) Beyond Happiness?
849 ) Debt: Friend or Foe? (classic)
848 ) Becoming a Self-Directed Learner: A Key to Super-Powered Living
847 ) Hurry Sickness
846 ) Four Ways to Spend Money (classic)
845 ) Order, Yes. Bureaucracy, No!
844 ) A Plug For Contentment (classic)
843 ) An Entrepreneur’s Questions
842 ) Selling Sizzling Steak: Performance Plus Promotion (classic)
841 ) When Should You Lie to Yourself?
840 ) Lying About Your Vegetables (classic)
839 ) Benefits of Part-Time Optimism
838 ) Take a Deep Breath. Stretch. (classic)
837 ) What is Your Coping Mechanism?
836 ) No Individual Raindrop Takes Responsibility But the Flood Still Happens (classic)
835 ) False Gods: Worshiping Numbers
834 ) Don’t Let the Other Side Rent Space in Your Head: Winning the Mental Game (classic)
833 ) It’s DUMB to Give Away Your Happiness
832 ) Use Your “I & R” (classic)
831 ) Obstacles of Our Own Creation
830 ) Does Screaming Improve Behavior? An Error in Intuition (classic)
829 ) “Obliquity”: The Long Way Around May Be The Best
828 ) We Change When We Want To (classic)
827 ) Don’t Give In To The Wall
826 ) One Thing Boldly Different Every Day (classic)
825 ) Five Ways Ordinary People Create Extraordinary Success
824 ) We See the World As We Are, We See the World We Expect To See (classic)
823 ) Nullus In Verba
822 ) Expect The Best. Inspect for What You Expect. (classic)
821 ) Focusing Effect
820 ) Do Not Block the Many Because of the Few (classic)
819 ) Whole Hearted People
818 ) If There Is Nothing To Do, Do Nothing (classic)
817 ) Avoiding Path Dependence: Just How Smart Are You?
816 ) Words Matter
815 ) Stretch Goals (classic)
814 ) Rules: For the Guidance of the Wise
813 ) In Praise of Incremental Failure
812 ) Opportunity Costs: The Road Not Taken (classic)
811 ) The Peace of Self-Compassion vs. The Fear of Self-Indulgence
810 ) You’ve Got Time to Lean, You’ve Got Time to Clean (classic)
809 ) “Undefended Love”
808 ) Everywhere You Go, There You Are (classic)
807 ) The Maladaptive Perfectionist
806 ) Irrational Fears? (classic)
805 ) The Adaptive Perfectionist
804 ) Emotion is Energy in Motion (classic)
803 ) Walking Between Raindrops
802 ) Stress Is Not an Event. It Is a Chosen Reaction to an Event (classic)
801 ) MRI = Most Respectful Interpretation
800 ) Excusitis (classic)
799 ) Beyond Galton’s Wall
798 ) Make It a Game (classic)
797 ) The Joys of the Undefended Self
796 ) “I Intend To…” (classic)
795 ) Broadcast Your Mistakes
794 ) The Will to Win is Important, But the Will to Prepare is Vital (classic)
793 ) The Dance of Intimacy Revisited
792 ) Argue For Your Weakness and It’s Yours (classic)
791 ) Presumption of Merit
790 ) You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of What You’ve Behaved Yourself Into (classic)
789 ) Personal Brand
788 ) If You Squeeze An Orange, You Don’t Get Lemon Juice (classic)
787 ) A Ton of Bricks
786 ) What Do You Do When You Do Nothing? (classic)
785 ) Regret Minimalization
784 ) We All Go the Same Distance in Life… (classic)
783 ) What I Learned From That
782 ) All Actions Teach the Belief System That Motivates Them (classic)
781 ) Who Do You Think You Are?
780 ) Can You Summon Your Talent at Will? (classic)
779 ) Blame No, Responsibility Yes
778 ) Rationalize = Rational Lies (classic)
777 ) Dream It, Do It
776 ) Plans Are Useless, But Planning Is Invaluable (classic)
775 ) Forgiving Thoughts = Gentle World
774 ) Becoming Your Own Best Friend (classic)
773 ) Affirmations: Stepping Stones to Greatness
772 ) A Story to Restore Your Faith in Humanity (classic)
771 ) Don’t Do It Yourself
770 ) Things Turn Out Best for Those Who Make the Best of How Things Turn Out” (classic)
769 ) You Are the Programmer
768 ) “I am the one I’ve been waiting for…” (classic)
767 ) Tail Enders
766 ) “The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking” (classic)
765 ) The 100-Day To-Do List
764 ) Creating Value vs. Transferring Value (classic)
763 ) No ANTs at the Picnic, Please
762 ) “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift” (classic)
761 ) Nicole Kidman: “Waste Not, Want Not”
760 ) If Not Now, When? (classic)
759 ) Excuse Me! Your Life is Waiting! (classic)
758 ) Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (classic)
757 ) Time to START (classic)
756 ) Calculated Risk (classic)
755 ) Reprogramming the Procrastinator Personality
754 ) Asking Effective Questions (classic)
753 ) Wisdom on the Fly
752 ) Dealing with Business Risk (classic)
751 ) Live Long and Prosper: Your Choice
750 ) Personal Power vs. Positional Power (classic)
749 ) Written Communication Skills: The Importance of Simplicity
748 ) The Social Contract (classic)
747 ) Style vs. Substance: Art of the Skillful Skeptic
746 ) Memo to My Company (classic)
745 ) Lean and Hungry
744 ) A Nation of Sheep?
743 ) Over Treated (classic)
742 ) What Don’t You Want to Think About?
741 ) Simple Ideas, Complex Execution (classic)
740 ) Think Like a Street Kid
739 ) One Worry (classic)
738 ) Holiday Advice: Drink Up! (Water That Is)
737 ) R-E-S-P-E-C-T
736 ) Today is a New Day… (classic)
735 ) Too Easy = Harder?
734 ) Every Yes is a No (classic)
733 ) The Not So Sorry Sorry, or the Apology That is Not an Apology
732 ) Don’t Solve the Problem, Build the Problem Solver
731 ) To Know and Not Do Is To Not Know (classic)
730 ) Directing the Monkey Mind
729 ) Mental Muscles (classic)
728 ) Conflict Avoidance: Passive—Aggressive Coping Mechanism
727 ) Waste Not, Want Not
726 ) Hard Drives Out Soft (classic)
725 ) Star Tasks vs. Guardian Tasks: Harvard Business Review and Pirates
724 ) The Courage to Lead: I’m Still a Work in Progress, Always Will Be (classic)
723 ) Profound Change
722 ) Meditating on the Move
721 ) Small Secrets (classic)
720 ) Feedforward
719 ) Cold Stoves: Learning the Right Lesson (classic)
718 ) Spiritual Economics
717 ) No Question Poker
716 ) Harriet Lerner’s “The Dance of Intimacy” (classic)
715 ) The Big Forgive
714 ) Never Major in Minor Things (classic)
713 ) You Are Not Trapped
712 ) Staying Hungry
711 ) The Downside of the Relentless Pursuit of the Perfect Leader (classic)
710 ) The Power of One
709 ) Learning Your Learning Style (classic)
708 ) The Wolf at the Door
707 ) Attitude Is the Edge
706 ) Thirty Methods: Overcoming Three Big Mistakes. Mistake #3: Assume That Good Example And Relationship Are Sufficient
705 ) Power of Praise, Redux
704 ) Always Assume Positive Intent (classic)
703 ) Micro-Victories
702 ) Frugality: Both Sexy and Smart?
701 ) Thirty Methods: Overcoming Three Big Mistakes. Mistake #2: Attempt to Build/Rebuild Relationships Without Changing Conduct or Attitude
700 ) Taking the High Road
699 ) Make It a Game (classic)
698 ) In Praise of Humble Beginnings
697 ) Self-Stability: “The Key Thing”
696 ) Thirty Methods: Overcoming Three Big Mistakes. Mistake #1: Advise Before Understand
695 ) Opportunity vs. Impossibility Mindset
694 ) Beware “Competitive Arousal” (Classic)
693 ) Can Conflict Be a Good Thing?
692 ) Shinrin-yoku
691 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #30 Let Natural Consequences Teach Responsible Behavior
690 ) Many Hands Make Light Work
689 ) Celebrating Everyday Heroes (Classic)
688 ) “Pleased But Not Satisfied”
687 ) Present Moment: Friend or Foe?
686 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #29 Train Them in the Law of the Harvest
685 ) “The Secret Door To Success,” Florence Scovel Shinn
684 ) Three Kinds of People (Classic)
683 ) A Light Bulb or a Gun?
682 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #28 Involve People in Meaningful Projects
681 ) 100%/0%
680 ) Creating Value vs. Transferring Value (Classic)
679 ) “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like,” by Paul Bloom
678 ) Just How Big an Ego Do You Need to be a Leader?
677 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #27 Delegate Effectively
676 ) Feet of Clay? It’s Okay!
675 ) Fear: An Entrepreneur’s Best Friend (Classic)
674 ) The Extra Degree
673 ) Frugal Innovation
672 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #26 Speak the Languages of Logic and Emotion
671 ) “Hold Fast Your Dreams”
670 ) What is your HLP? (Highest Leverage Point) (Classic)
669 ) Are You Willing to Change?
668 ) “As If Fear Never Entered His Mind”
667 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #25 Be There At the Crossroads
666 ) “No, it’s too hard. Forget it, no way you can do it.”
665 ) Memo to My Company: Please, please promise never to do this to our customers! (Classic)
664 ) Why Are Destructive Habits So Hard to Break?
663 ) Who Would You Be Without Your Body?
662 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #24 Don’t Give Up, and Don’t Give In
661 ) We Are Meant To Be Different
660 ) The Blind Men and The Elephant (Classic)
659 ) Racquetball and Life
658 ) The Genius of Collective Intelligence
657 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #23 Agree on the Limits, Rules, Expectations, and Consequences
656 ) We Are Just Dealing With Thoughts, and Thoughts Can Be Changed
655 ) To Know and Not Do Is To Not Know (Classic)
654 ) The Point of Power is Always in the Present Moment
653 ) Populist-Capitalist: Behind the Wizard of Oz’s Curtain
652 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #22 Recognize and Take Time to Teach
651 ) Multipliers vs. Diminishers
650 ) Budgets: Avoiding an Exercise in Illusion (Classic)
649 ) “Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work”
648 ) “You Are Never Safe”
647 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #21 Avoid Fight or Flight, Talk Through Differences
646 ) “Personal Power Through Awareness”
645 ) Principled Profit (Classic)
644 ) Can You Control Your Mind?
643 ) “The Narrow Road”
642 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #20 Prepare Your Mind and Heart Before You Prepare Your Speech
641 ) Stand By Me
640 ) Continuous Change: 1000%, 1% at a Time
639 ) Skepticism: Balancing Gullibility and Cynicism
638 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #19 Accept the Person and the Situation
637 ) The Freedom of Enough
636 ) Making a Difference (Classic)
635 ) “The Luck Factor”
634 ) How NOT To Live To Be 100
633 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #18 Be Influenced By Them First
632 ) “When Ideas Have Sex”
631 ) EQ: The Beginning of Rapport and a Relationship (Classic)
630 ) “Your Money or Your Life”
629 ) Pop-Cap: The Common Tasks
628 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #17 Renew Your Commitment to Things You Have in Common
627 ) The Unexpected Benefits of Frugality
626 ) A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Classic)
625 ) “No Room for Failure, No Room for Laziness”
624 ) “My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D.”
623 ) “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”
622 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #15 Let Arguments Fly Out Open Windows
621 ) The Limits of Policy Manuals
620 ) Kill Your Television! (Classic)
619 ) Pop-Cap: Illusions of Substance
618 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #14 Admit Your Mistakes, Apologize, Ask for Forgiveness
617 ) Ask! They Won’t Always Tell You What You Want To Know
616 ) The Grass Is Always Greener (Classic)
615 ) Reversible Destiny: “Do Not Go Gentle”
614 ) The Complaint Diet: Act or Accept but Never Complain
613 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #13 If Offended, Take the Initiative
612 ) 10 Ways to Live to 100
611 ) Expect Success, Plan for Failure (Classic)
610 ) Your Tendency Is Not Your Destiny
609 ) Book Smarts vs. Street Smarts: “Rethinking the MBA”
608 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #12 Give an Understanding Response
607 ) Birthday
606 ) Broken Windows: Why the Little Things Can Be Big Things (Classic)
605 ) Is an A Really a B?
604 ) Pop-Cap: Looters in Loafers
603 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #11 Reward Open, Honest Expressions or Questions
602 ) 5 Things You Cannot Change
601 ) You Can’t Win If You Don’t Play
600 ) The 5 A’s We All Need
599 ) Pop-Cap: The Downside of Perfect Remembering
598 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #10 Seek First to Understand
597 ) Entrepreneur’s Manifesto
596 ) Pack Your Own Weight (Classic)
595 ) “Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It”
594 ) Pop-Cap: Balancing the Budget by Sacrificing Sacred Cows
593 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #9 Assume the Best of Others
592 ) The Paradox of the Happy Peasant
591 ) “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift” (Classic)
590 ) 50 Ways to Leave Your Past
589 ) Everyday Leaders
588 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #8 Live the Law of Love
587 ) The Power of Personal Myth
586 ) Every Yes Is a No (Classic)
585 ) Change Your Story, Change Your Life
584 ) The Importance of Being a Good Follower
583 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #7 Focus on the Circle of Influence
582 ) A Driving Fear of Failure
581 ) Personal Power vs. Positional Power (Classic)
580 ) Entrepreneurship: Can It Be Taught?
579 ) Why Not Us?
578 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #6 Keep the Promises You Make to Others
577 ) Victim No More: Turning Weakness into Strengths
576 ) 360-Degree Feedback (Classic)
575 ) Business Has a Noble Purpose
574 ) 5 Sentences Please: The Concise Guy Kawasaki
573 ) Not Happy Yet? Just Wait!
572 ) 360-Degree Leadership (Classic)
571 ) Ten Good Rules
570 ) Choosing Peace of Mind
569 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #4 Perform Anonymous Service
568 ) Little Touches Mean a Lot
567 ) Principles of Communication (Classic)
566 ) “The Genius in All of Us”
565 ) Ineffable
564 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #3 Distinguish between the person and the behavior or performance.
563 ) TCC Culture: Entrepreneurship Defined (and Embraced!)
562 ) EQ: The Beginning of Rapport and a Relationship (Classic)
561 ) Riding for the Brand
560 ) PopCap: Painting Over Rust
559 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #2 Exercise Patience With Others
558 ) The Esteemable Value of Emotional Labor
557 ) TCC Culture: We Hold Ourselves Accountable: We Expect the Best and We Regularly Inspect for What We Expect
556 ) Happiness Is a Skill
555 ) PopCap: CEO 101: Manage Appearances, Ignore Reality
554 ) 30 Methods of Influence: #1 Refrain from saying the unkind or negative thing
553 ) Getting Past the Past
552 ) What Are You CEO Of?
551 ) “Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars: Destroying the Barriers that Turn Colleagues into Competitors,” by Patrick Lenocioni
550 ) PopCap: Big Brother Can Be a Bully
549 ) “Don’t Believe Everything You Think”
548 ) “Excuses Begone!” by Wayne Dyer
547 ) “Fascinate,” Sally Hogshead Style
546 ) PopCap: Einstein and CEO Pay
545 ) The Path to Happiness: Cliffs Notes Version
544 ) Everything You Say is an Affirmation
543 ) Learned Optimism and Explanatory Styles
542 ) PopCap: The Non-Apology Apology
541 ) The Secret of Happiness is…
540 ) The Grass is Greener on the Other Side of the Fence Because…
539 ) True Cost
538 ) The Scientific Method: Beliefs vs. Verifiable Facts
537 ) “Psycho-Cybernetics,” Maxwell Maltz, and Self Image
536 ) WSJ: Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work?
535 ) Positive Thinking vs. Magical Thinking
534 ) More Than a Job
533 ) Who Would I Be Without That Belief?
532 ) Leadership and Perceptions of Power
531 ) Permissive Never Produced Greatness
530 ) The Perils of Ageism
529 ) The Power of Internal Validation
528 ) Experts Often Aren’t (Take 2)
527 ) “Old Habits Bedevil”
526 ) What Difference Do You Make?
525 ) Exceed Expectations
524 ) Experts Often Aren’t: Expertise (and Experts) Are Over Rated
523 ) Emotional Intelligence
522 ) PopCap: Heads Taxpayers Lose, Tails Goldman Wins
521 ) Fatalism vs. Future Orientation
520 ) Good Example Matters
519 ) 68 Rules, or Three Principles That Matter?
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 moment 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 Recognizers
460 ) PopCap: Perfectionism = 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 Revisited (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 Service, 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 Through 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 Positive 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 Anti-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 ) Discipline = 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-Fulfilling 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 ) Choosing 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 Over-rated
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 Intuition
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 boldly 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 ) Involvement 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, Judgment
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