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Are you getting rusty?

In case you missed the newsletter yesterday… The periodic table is one of my favourite things. I can imagine Dmitri Mendeleev playing around with the 56 known elements of the time, trying to figure out a system that would make … Continue reading

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Paul Wilkes, The Art of Confession

It’s always a delight to talk with a fellow Workman author. Today, I’m chatting with Paul Wilkes a freelance writer for 40 years with a slew of books under his belt including The Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the … Continue reading

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Robert Biswas-Diener, The Courage Quotient

I like to say that Great Work has three key attributes: focus, courage and resilience. Focus offers direction, so you know where to look. Courage gives you the willingness to take the first step. Resilience helps you keep going even when you … Continue reading

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Julien Smith, The Flinch

Julien Smith is one of my all-time heroes. You take a dash of Seth Godin, a dash of Steven Pressfield and a dash of tequila and mix it all up and you get the provocative, dynamo Julien Smith. He’s the … Continue reading

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John Jantsch, The Referral Engine

I can’t stop gushing about the work of John Jantsch. Anyone in the world of marketing and business should get to know him and see why Seth Godin calls him the Peter Drucker of small business marketing tactics. He’s the … Continue reading

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Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit

Here’s a statistic that will probably shock you: about 40% of everything you do is out of habit. So if you stop to think about it, almost half of your life is happening when you are largely unconscious working off … Continue reading

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Lucy Jo Palladino, Find Your Focus Zone

If you’ve got too many plates spinning at once, feel overwhelmed by endless to do lists and no time to get stuff done, then my conversation with Lucy Jo Palladino, author of Find Your Focus Zone, is for you.  Lucy … Continue reading

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Gina Amaro Rudan, Practical Genius

Gina Amaro Rudan teaches that genius is something you can choose. She is the founder of Genuine Insights, an organization whose mission is the leverage the genius within each person and organization. She’s also the author of Practical Genius: The … Continue reading

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Danielle LaPorte, The Fire Starter Sessions

Danielle LaPorte’s website has been called, “The best place online for kickass spirituality” and I am pumped to be speaking with her today. She’s about to release her new book The Fire Starter Sessions. I caught an early glimpse of … Continue reading

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