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The best people are always underpaid and the worst people overpaid. – Richard Koch
Over the years, I’ve found that many people settle for being mediocre at their jobs. According to Richard Koch, author of The 80/20 Principle, mediocrity is rampant. The 80/20 principle is based [...]

Many of us have bought into the fantasy of becoming an overnight success. We want it all to happen now.
Sometimes, your head is bursting with ideas, yet your career track isn’t keeping pace with your perception of your talents. You may be past the initial entry-level point, yet you still have a supervisor or a [...]

As a manager, it’s easy to pigeonhole your employees. You’ve seen them all in action–the leaders, the workers, the slackers, the confused, the wannabes, and the nobodies. People will eventually play into stereotypes that you’ve created. Constantly reminding people of their bad habits and crowing about how you might as well do it yourself isn’t [...]

“When beliefs or the ability to tap into them, people can be totally disempowered. They’re like a motorboat without a motor or a rudder.” – Anthony Robbins
When Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People was first published in 1989, the concept of a mission statement was completely novel. But soon companies around [...]

If acquiring money is at the top of your list, something else eventually suffers. This statement has proved to be true for centuries and was recently mentioned by well known blogger Tara Hunt. Here is an example that is certainly the case when, as an animal or pet becomes a profit center, the animal’s natural [...]

Alright, so last week I refreshed on one of my favorite authors, Norman Vincent Peale. Dr. Peale is definitely the champion when it comes to positive thinking. He built an industry on his powerful philosophy, including dozens of books, thousands or lectures, over fifty years of radio programs, and the widely read magazine, Guideposts. But [...]