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While it might initially sound like a Kindergarten flashback, the idea actually makes a lot of sense for harried professionals. You know,...

Well, sort of. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards famously said, “I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.”...

It was the first day of our camping trip at Zion National Park in Utah. As a former Girl Scout, I was rather proud of my...

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When I was in high school, I was selected to be captain of our dance line group. Beyond learning countless dance routines, that position...

Colleagues and clients fully expect us to collaborate with them on reaching our shared business goals, and that process involves...

Last week, I had the honor of speaking to a chapter of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers) in Plano, Texas. We got...

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© Duncan Noakes – Fotolia.com Julia Cameron wrote The Artist’s Way more than two decades ago and it is still the go-to book for creative...

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This is an accountability success story of regular people just doing their jobs. They weren’t trained in Six Sigma, yet you’ll see...

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