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Here you will find articles with a focus on mind, body, emotions, career, financial, relationships, and fun. Under each topic, a sampling of top articles are listed with a link to the archives for more on that particular topic.
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10 Big Ideas
- 10 Big Ideas from All In Startup
- 10 Big Ideas from Mindset
- 10 Big Ideas from Out Think
- 10 Big Ideas from The Carpenter
- More 10 Big Ideas >>
Body
- 9 Ways to Add 12 Years to Your Life
- 10 Years Younger
- Blue Zones: The Healthiest Places on the Planet
- Breathe With Skill to Dramatically Improve Your Health
- Exercising Your Body Makes You Smarter
- Larks, Owls and Hummingbirds
- Lessons Learned from Bruce Lee
- More Body >>
Career
- 101 of the Greatest Insights and Actions for Work and Life
- 6 Personality and Work Environment Types
- Career Growth and Finding Your Way Forward
- Passion Does not Exist in the Job, It Exists in Us
- Proven Practices for Individual Contributors
- Rapid Growth Fields and Your Career Success
- The 20 Percent Spike
- Meaningful Work is Hard
- Think In Terms of an Hourly Rate
- Thinking About Career Paths
- More Career >>
Effectiveness
- 101 Questions that Empower You
- Be Effective, then Efficient
- Can Effectiveness Be Learned?
- Finding Your Process
- If It’s Not Working, Change Your Approach
- Luck and Success
- Mentors are the Short Cuts
- Motivation, Skills, and Feedback
- The Hat of Effectiveness
- The Way of Success
- More Effectiveness >>
Emotional Intelligence
- Action Signals: Use Negative Emotions as a Call to Action
- Argue Your Way to Optimism
- Confidence is Knowing and Going
- Feelings First
- Life Leaves a Mark
- Positive Thinking vs. Positive Action
- Seeking is the Granddaddy of Emotional Systems
- Stephen Covey on Developing Emotional Intelligence
- Those Moments When You are Most Alive
- Visualize the Child to Build Your Empathy
- More Emotional Intelligence >>
Happiness
- Enjoy the Struggle
- Happiness Quotes
- Keys for Skilled Happiness
- The Two Flavors of Happiness
- Low Frustration Tolerance
- Positive Intelligence and PQ
- Positive Thinking vs. Positive Action
- Synthetic Happiness
- When It’s Cold Shiver. When It’s Hot Sweat
- Those Moments When You are Most Alive
- Whiteboard Notes on Happiness
- More Happiness >>
Interpersonal Skills
- 12 Practices for Improving Likeability
- Apologize with Skill
- Concession is Rhetorical Judo
- Dialogue Debate and Discuss
- Five Conflict Management Styles at a Glance
- Know and Share Yourself Enough
- Poor Communication isn’t the Source of Most Conflicts
- The Iceberg of Conflict: A Lens for Conflict Management
- The Art of Mental Judo
- What’s Their Story
- Win the Heart the Mind Follows
- More Interpersonal Skills >>
Leadership
- 3 Stories Leaders Need to Tell
- 10 Ways to Hold People Accountable
- A Leaders is the Trustee of the Intangibles
- Author a Distinctive Story
- Balance Connection and Conviction
- Boldness Has Genius, Magic, and Power in It
- Guide Your Path with Vision, Values, and Goals
- Leadership Checklist
- Leadership Styles and Development Levels
- What Executives at Microsoft Taught Me
- More Leadership >>
Life Hacks
- How Will You Measure Your Life
- How To Figure Out What You Really Want
- Ikigai: The Reason for Which You Wake Up in the Morning
- Life Frame
- Life Leaves a Mark
- My Top 10 Lessons in Life
- Program Manager Skills for Life
- The Business of Life
- The Good Life
- Skills to Pay the Bills and Lead a Better Life
- What 16 Movies Teach Us About Life and Leadership
- More Life Hacks >>
Mind
- 3 Thinking Techniques to Improve Your Intellectual Horsepower
- 10 Distorted Thinking Patterns
- Five-Minute Thinks
- Five Thinking Styles
- Focus with Skill
- How To Have a Beautiful Mind
- How To Read Faster
- How To Use Six Thinking Hats to Improve Your Thinking
- Think of Yourself as a Thinker
- More Mind >>
Motivation
- 13 Motivation Techniques
- 13 Negative Motivation Patterns
- 25 Inspirational Movies
- 101 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Others
- Four Sources of Strength
- Find Your Drive: The Keys to Motivation
- It’s Not Motivation
- McClelland’s Motivational Model
- Three D’s for Motivation – Direction, Decision, and Dedication
- Why Do We Procrastinate?
- More Motivation >>
Personal Development
- 3 Keys to Lasting Change
- 10 Keys to Changing a Habit
- 10 Ways to Go from Good to Great
- 10 Ways to Know Thyself
- Build a Personal Knowledge Base of Success Stories, Insight, and Action to Improve Your Success
- Emulate the Great
- Find Your Values
- Improvement Frame
- Know Your Rules to Be Successful
- The Change Frame
- You’re the Average of the 10 People You Spend Time With
- More Personal Development >>
Productivity
- 30 Day Boot Camp for Time Management
- 30 Day Improvement Sprints
- Agile Results for Time Management
- Fix Time, Flex Scope
- How To Use Timeboxing for Getting Results
- My Three Wins
- Productivity Personas
- Rituals for Results
- Use Three Stories to Drive Your Day
- Why Use Routines?
- Write Things Down
- More Productivity >>
Strengths
- Choose Your Jobs Based on Strengths
- Feel Strong All Week Long
- Find Your Strengths Among Your Team
- How To Find Your Strengths
- Specialization is Nature’s Strategy for Winning
- Strengths and Talents
- Strength and Weakness
- The Language of Strengths
- What’s Your One-Liner Super Hero Power?
- Why Strengths?
- More Strengths >>