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Choose Three Words
Here we go… the world did not end on 12/21/2012, and a new birth of possibilities is in front of us all. The human story is one of resilience. If I had to choose one word to characterize the human spirit, it would be resilience. I am in the business of learning and co-creating the future. Every year, at the end of December I challenge...
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Separate Three Kinds of Anxiety
You need to separate the three kinds of anxiety that exist in people and that you encounter when you meet with them: Situational anxiety occurs when you face a challenge you are not sure how to handle. Chronic anxiety occurs as a result of an ongoing condition that you cannot resolve or reverse and which can bring unpredictable consequences out of your control. Existential anxiety...
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Casting Your Net
Our upcoming KEY, titled Cast Your Net explores the three speeds of the mind and invites you to use October, November and December to reflect on learning and focus on opportunities. Here are a series of questions I use in my cast-up process which you can adopt and customize to your needs. I encourage you to copy these to a working document or print them...
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Seeing The Invisible Layers
Do you see the invisible work created around you? Are you fully aware of the invisible layers of your own work? This podcast draws your awareness to the invisible work of your endeavors. That’s where the transformative power lies; this is where the quality and essence of something is fashioned and preserved. You enjoy a red apple you picked up at the produce section but...
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The Discipline Secret – Best Practices
Here are the elements of discipline we explored in our teleconference the Discipline Secret: Discipline of knowledge – The building blocks and protocols that allow you to use and apply a certain field of knowledge. What fields of knowledge do you use? What new fields do you want to acquire? Professional discipline – The discipline of your profession. How do you get results in your...
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What Are You Here For?
Participants in our seminars tell us that these are the most memorable and empowering experiences they have ever had because of the clear sense of purpose they find during the event. Each manager peels their own onion to find purpose and to discover the words that hold its meaning and essence. The journey to discover purpose includes a series of steps and explorations. Reflecting on...
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Small Business Trends Radio Interview With Aviv Shahar
Anita Campbell and Small Business Trends Radio interviewed Aviv about The Peak Productivity Zone – The Most Important 120 Minutes of Your Day. Aviv shares critical strategies to help you create your Peak Productivity Zone and realize your business and entrepreneurial potential. Click here to listen to Aviv’s full interview on Small Business Trends Radio (Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the...
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The Next Frontier For Leadership Development – The Vitruvian Insight
Most of the currently available training methods in businesses are accented on brain learning. This is evident in the rampant usage of four-quadrant frameworks. There are dozens of strategies based on the four quadrants, the ‘important/urgent’ being one of the most popularized. Many of these are useful but are limited because they miss the insight communicated by The Vitruvian Man drawn by Leonaro da Vinci....
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True Success
True success is not simply getting to the top. You do not need to win a gold medal. Not at all. True success is doing what you love to do and doing it fully well to create results that last beyond you. Success is to find your sweet spot and express your passion and capabilities in ways that make a difference and create significance. To...
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Capacity For Reverence
Reflections for Rosh Hashanah: Have you lost your capacity for reverence? Remember the feeling you experienced when your child stood on her/his own for the first time and then took their first steps? Better still, remember how you stood up for the first time? Remember the first time you noticed a butterfly, the tree outside, the rain? Remember how special your secret place was? How...
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