Lessons Learned

Apr
14
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How I Made It to the Top 3 Google Search Results

My experiment in writing a so-called Evergreen article that stood out from the crowd. The method is simple to describe
4 min read
Mar
16
Plaque reading Sit Mens Sana In Corpore Sano

The World of Work and the Meaning of Life (by Alexander Brunner)

The meaning of life also encompasses the world of work but is not absorbed in it. Meaning in life is where you ask the big questions.
6 min read
Feb
24
What I Learned Negotiating for a Living

What I Learned Negotiating for a Living

I learned how to get what I wanted most of the time. More important than winning, I learned when not to win
4 min read
Feb
17
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The Best Lawyers Are More Plumbers Than Professors

The lawyers who go on to great service realize that learning more theory is not the hard part. The hard part is solving problems in the real world
7 min read
Jan
20
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Can Doing Less Help You Shine Like a Superstar?

Just practicing more doesn’t help if you aren’t learning valuable lessons
6 min read
Dec
09
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I'm Going to Share my Secret to Success

This simple concept explains why the world is divided into an elite one percent, a highly effective 10 percent, and everyone else.
6 min read
Nov
16
How to Find Your Way to the Other Side (by Kathryn Eriksen)

How to Find Your Way to the Other Side (by Kathryn Eriksen)

You will discover what you knew all along
2 min read
Nov
04
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The Scorecard One Year On – Is Anyone Winning? (Newsletter 071)

We can turn America's score around if we want. But first we have to accept that no one else is coming to do it for us.
5 min read
Oct
21
Slouching Towards Catastrophe (Newsletter 069)

Slouching Towards Catastrophe (Newsletter 069)

Without deprivation, plenty goes unremarked. Without hardship and suffering, ease is little regarded.
6 min read
Oct
19
How Will America Decline?

How Will America Decline?

A history of success in almost any endeavor does not guarantee success forever. In fact, it would be foolish to assume so.
5 min read