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Improve, Reinvent, Accelerate & Balance:  Wisdom from the GOATs, Part 4

Word Count: 1,406Estimated Read Time: 5½ Min. When athletes “play” a sport for a living, it is easy to forget that their performance in those “games” is their job.  They aren’t doing it just for fun.  The stakes are as … Continue reading

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Improve, Reinvent, Accelerate & Balance:  Wisdom from the GOATs, Part 3

Word Count: 1,735Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. At some point in every athletic career, time inflicts wear and tear on performance. Natural physiological changes coupled with the deterioration caused by years of training have an impact on the body.  Psychological … Continue reading

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Improve, Reinvent, Accelerate & Balance: Wisdom from the GOATs, Part 2

At Michael Jordan’s Hall of Fame Honor speech, Jordan shared a story about a conversation he had with his coach right after a game they had won.  He recalled, “It was the fourth quarter and were down 10 points. But … Continue reading

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Improve, Reinvent, Accelerate & Balance:  Wisdom from the GOATs, Part 1

Want to be the GOAT — Greatest Of All Time — in your profession?  Not just good.  Not just great.  Not just greatest in this moment.  But the greatest ever.  Being the “Greatest Of All Time” in any occupation or … Continue reading

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To Succeed, Do as the Billionaires Do, Part 5

The prevailing wisdom is that to make it big, you must emulate those who have achieved what you hope to achieve.  Those who have been there and done that.  They’ve walked a mile in those moccasins and know a thing … Continue reading

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To Succeed, Do as the Billionaires Do, Part 4

Word Count: 1,564Estimated Read Time: 6 Min. Entrepreneurs who share their business advice have each had their own unique journey to building a successful business. They’re all different. Some come from backgrounds of wealth and influential connections.  Others have built … Continue reading

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To Succeed, Do as the Billionaires Do, Part 3

Word Count: 1,767Estimated Read Time: 7 Min. They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery.  But perhaps even more flattering is having someone emulate rather than imitate.  Here’s why.  While the two concepts are similar, what underlies them is … Continue reading

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To Succeed, Do as the Billionaires Do, Part 2

Word Count: 1,843Estimated Read Time: 7 ½ Min. From Warren Buffet to Jeff Bezos and from Michael Bloomberg to Sergey Brin, when billionaires speak, people listen. Rightly so.  These are individuals who each took the seed of an idea and … Continue reading

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To Succeed, Do As the Billionaires Do, Part 1

Word Count: 1,706Estimated Read Time: 6 ½ Min. Everyone is trying to ‘get ahead.’  Never before in the history of the world has humanity been so deeply focused on their success.  Baby Boomers believed in the virtues of hard work … Continue reading

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Diagnosing and Fixing Challenges at Work, Part 3

Word Count: 1,933Estimated Read Time: 7 ½ Min. Making Changes vs Solving Problems Last week, we looked at the issues facing Boeing as a case study in how to drill down to the root cause of a problem and then … Continue reading

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