 Today’s LIFEies is for anyone looking to upgrade their resume for today’s hiring managers. Having a strong resume is the number one way for you to get noticed. In the article below Nolan Church, CEO of Continuum offers some tips and tricks on how to make your resume as effective as possible. Here are my takeaways: — Keep Things […]
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This is a concept I have been using over the last few years. I say to myself: What would I say about this tomorrow?  Our “today-self” focuses on immediate results. I want that donut…now. Our “tomorrow-self” looks at the future and says you want to lose that 10 lbs.…don’t do it. “Tomorrow-self” looks at the task and
Below is a cool article by former football coach, Urban Meyer, on leadership. While Urban Meyer has recently fallen out of favor with the public, he has some great insight here. Though most of this piece is centered around leadership in football, it is applicable to all types of leadership, and I think a lot of people can relate.  Below
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I have four adult children, so I am always on the lookout for ideas to improve my relationship with them. Below is a good article that I got some nice takeaways from, and you might too if you are in the same spot I am. Here are a few of the thoughts I like: — Agree
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If there’s one thing I love to do, it’s set and reset goals for myself. The only thing I love even more than setting goals is CRUSHING them. I love this so much, that I wrote a book on crushing your rock goals into GRAVEL (click on GRAVEL to go to Amazon). This is not a simple task
What are lead and lag measures? This concept is essential for business management. Lead measures are things that you can control and are real time measures. For example, if your company does extremely well one year, your lead measure could be the new process your team adapted to gain more clients. Your lag measure is the
Have you ever had a discussion that changed your life? In the blog below, Joe Polish explains the important role that discussions have in overcoming challenges.  There have been times that discussions I’ve had with myself and others have completely changed my mindset or the way I was looking at an issue. My three takeaways
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The Feynman Learning Technique, developed by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman, is a powerful method that uses the act of teaching to improve learning and understanding. This not only results in greater understanding but also promotes a growth mindset and the ability to learn from others. I discovered this technique on the FS blog and
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If you could live as long as possible, would you?  I love what Ray Kurzweil says: I know I want to live tomorrow and I am pretty sure I will want to live the day after tomorrow. Longevity has become the hottest of topics. As you might recall, I am part of A360 run by
All relationships require work and this holds true in friendships. As we get older, we tend to make our circle smaller and value quality over quantity. In the article below, the author discusses prioritizing a few close friendships over maintaining as many friends as possible.   Why? — When you are in your 20s you
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