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This post is less about the definition of intelligence or what is intelligence, and more about why have a different definition of intelligence in the first place. To put it simply, I think how we see intelligence and how we see ourselves can be limiting or enabling. And, I’m a fan of enabling and empowering you … with skill. My dictionary says that intelligence is, “the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations: Reason, also: the skilled use of reason … and the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria.” In my view, that’s interesting but limited.
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Don’t wait for the facts to change. Life’s better when you don’t wait for the facts to change. You improve your effectiveness when you respond to life’s curve balls. You also improve your resilience and self-reliance. You also create new opportunities. One of my favorite metaphors here from sports is, “You play the ball, or the ball plays you.”
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Innovation simply means coming up with a new idea, method, or product. The trick is to focus your ingenuity in ways that translate into meaningful results for work and life. The key to innovation is to ask the right questions. Just asking the right questions, starts the process. In the book, The Future Belongs to Those Who are Fast, Jim Carroll shares three questions you can use to innovate and drive change.
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You now have access to some of the best insight and action on presenting numbers. Randall Bolten shows us how to present numbers with skill. Randall’s new book, Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You, is the definitive guide to show you how. It’s the short-cut to mastering the art and science of presenting numbers in a way that’s compelling and professional.
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You can use movies to fill your head with images, mental models, and examples of extreme effort. When the chips are down, you can then draw from these scenes to inspire yourself to go the extra mile and really put in the effort required. The key is to build a collection of inspiring movies and scenes that put a premium on effort and dealing with setbacks.
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If you want respect, first look to the source. The source is you. Like so many things, respect flows from the inside out., and self-respect is the strongest stream. You get what you expect. So first, you have to expect it from yourself. So the question becomes, do you respect yourself the way you want to be respected?

