Do you Blamestorm? Stop Blaming – Start Doing

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Outside my office I have an 8.5 x 11 copy of Spirit Lexicon (Online Dictionary) entry no 1,210. The word: “Blamestorming” Spirit Lexicon has “blamestorming” defined as; 1. Business meeting that devolves into finding fault for projects gone wrong rather than looking for successful results. 2. A discussion between colleagues involving major finger pointing. Its usage example reads [...]

5 Leadership Lessons You Can Only Get From Experience

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There’s an age old debate about whether or not leaders can be made, or if you have to be born that way.  Nevertheless, every year, countless professionals of all experience levels and all walks of life decide to invest in themselves to hopefully become the next great leader. There are a plethora of degrees, certificates, specializations, [...]

I Can’t stand “I Can’t”

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Just yesterday, while waiting to catch a flight to beautiful Austin, Texas, I walk into an airport store to pick up a bottle of water.  The store offered two sizes of water bottle, expensive, and really expensive.  Ok, seriously, it was a small bottle for $2.69 and large one for $3.39. I pick up a [...]

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