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Don’t work harder reduce friction

December 15, 2021 Emotional Intelligence  No comments

triathlon swim

I find the best ideas don’t always come from the typical mainstream business books.  These are not lessons learned from any boardroom, or business, but from getting in the deep water with 800 of my closest rivals.  If you are drowning in work, and you believe the only choice is to move faster work harder, “put in more laps”, these ideas are for you.

I have been a “competent” swimmer most of my life.  When I was 35 I decided to enter my first triathlon...

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EQ lessons from a Malignant Melanoma

January 31, 2013 Affective LeadershipEmotional IntelligencePositive DevianceSpirit at WorkVideo Samples  No comments

MSTI seemed like a nice cheerful name, like a day at the ocean, until you remember the “T” stands for tumor.  Now I am feeling more like Clint Eastwood’s character in “Play Misty for Me”.  The all too real part is I am waiting to learn just how carved up I am going to be.  We had just checked in for our first appointment with Dr.Lung.  I was thumbing through magazines trying to appear unconcerned, and Patty had wandered into the outer lobby...

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