You can find ways to live your values, if you know what your values are. There are opportunities every day to spend more time in our values, but we first need to identify what our core values really are.

Sources of Insight continues to grow. Sources of Insight saw 101,000 unique visitors over the last month. I’m a fan of 101, whether it’s a 101 list of things, or an introductory 101 class, so I thought I would share the snapshot of 101,000 unique visitors.

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.

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.

Practice your leadership in the moment. A skilled leader knows when to provide more help with the task. A skilled leader also knows when to provide more encouragement or motivation.

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.