These are lessons from Deepak Chopra on how to be a more effective leader. Deepak shares a seven step framework for leaders, where each letter represents a different aspect of being an effective leader.

Check your personal performance and evaluate whether you are on track. Are you on track? That depends on what you want to accomplish, what experiences you want to create, and what you’re optimizing for. The trick is to figure out a set of questions that help you check your performance in a way that woks for you.

This is a guest post from best-selling authors Roger Conners and Tom Smith on personal accountability and how it’s the key to your success.

You can have a beautiful mind. In fact, like a fine wine, your mind can get better with age. According to Edward de Bono, “there is very much more that you can do to make your mind more beautiful.”