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How to use your abilities, energy, skills, talent, and time to achieve effective results.

Labeling Distorts Your Thinking

How Labeling Others Distorts Your Thinking and Fuels Your Anger

“Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.” — Martina Navratilova Have you ever found yourself getting angrier and more frustrated with someone the more you think about them? Do you sometimes label people as “stupid,” “arrogant,” or “selfish,” and find it hard to see any good in them? If …

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Dialogue vs. Debate vs. Discuss

Dialogue vs. Debate vs. Discuss (and Why Focus on Dialogue)

I’ve noticed some conversations just go a lot easier with some people, but I wasn’t sure why. Recently, a colleague pointed me to an article, Dialogue: The Power of Understanding by Dr. Ann McGee-Cooper. The article has a nice way of framing types of conversations. Some conversations are about exploring ideas, while others are about a winning argument or a winning idea. Once you know the nature of the conversation, you can adapt the conversations, adjust yourself, or avoid it altogether.

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Decision Making with 10-10-10

Better Decision Making with 10-10-10

A friend shared a simple technique for improving decision making and helping prioritize. It's 10-10-10, by Suzy Welch. You basically test your decisions against time frames to make better decisions. You can use it to improve decisions at work, life, business, love or anything really. By testing your decisions against different time frames, you expose your needs, fears, desires, and unconscious agendas. This can help you identify and live to your deepest goals and values.

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Boundary Conditions for Better Decisions

How To Set Boundary Conditions to Make Better Decisions

“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson You can set boundary conditions to make better decisions. Putting decisions into place usually requires compromises along the way or dealing with unforeseen events. If your decision depends on everything going perfectly well, you’re in trouble.  If you don’t …

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How To Make Better Decisions

How To Make Better Decisions Through Disagreement

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.” — Mahatma Gandhi Do you know how to make better decisions? To make better decisions, develop disagreement rather than consensus. Disagreement provides alternatives and makes you think more deeply about the issue. In fact, if you don’t have disagreement, you’re not ready to make a decision. …

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