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When SMART goals are Dumb

I wonder if SMART goals are dumb when working to change your life. Goal setting requires history. What if you lack experience?

Life changes in iterations, not giant leaps. SMART goals reflect reality and aspiration.

Give yourself grace when working to change your life.

A Colossal Failure to Anticipate

It’s a colossal failure to anticipate when you solve the same problems repeatedly.

You maximize the present when you anticipate the future.

Failure to anticipate is an ineffective leader’s path to glory.

Here are 5 ways to develop the skill to anticipate.

Before You Hire a Friend Explore these 7 Issues

Should you hire a friend? If you do, what needs to be in place to make it work.

Here are 7 issues to explore before you hire a friend.

12 Ways to Dance with Disappointment

Disappointment looks like, anger, fear, fatigue, loss of interest, insecurity, low motivation, and/or guilt.

This post offers 12 practical ways to dance with disappointment. One of them may work for you.

Remarkable Leaders Are Alike in One Powerful Way

Remarkable leaders share one common characteristic. They are NOT like each other.

Why are you trying to be like someone else?

Self-Distancing: 4 Ways to Expand Perspective

You don’t think straight when emotions are high.

Self-distancing enables a new way of seeing. LeBron James used self-distancing when he left the Cleveland Cavaliers and went to the Lakers.

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