Common sense is an arbitrary measurement we fall back on when we fail to document and standardize our expectations. Let's get rid of that term and be better about setting our teams up for success.
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The ability to make good decisions is like a muscle that is consistently strengthened over time through discipline and intentionality.
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The ability to make good decisions is like a muscle that is consistently strengthened over time through discipline and intentionality.
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An eloquent rhyme for that sweet son of mine.
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Millennials deeply long for their jobs to have meaning, but we have resorted to looking for it instead of creating it. This has amassed a wandering workforce that jumps from job to job with very little foresight into the areas and relationships that deserve our loyalty.
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The beauty of a woman is proved when she is as soft as she is fierce. When she's independent, yet unafraid of connection. When she's driven, but shows deliberate restraint.
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As leaders, we should be able to communicate intention and truth with clarity while still maintaining connection with people.
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If you want a voice that champions improvement and innovation, you have to simultaneously be faithful in the small things. This will be the differentiator between a good team member and an indispensable team member.
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“Nevers” are always thoughts and declarations with intentionality behind them. So, life listens, life laughs, life moves on, but eventually, life comes back around. It just has an irksome way of revisiting the "nevers" in a “challenge accepted" sort of way.
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I am fascinated by people who are intrinsically motivated. There is something so powerful and unstoppable about a person who doesn’t require external incentives to keep them on target.
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I don't know why, but optimism always seems to take a concerted effort. I'm convinced that optimism is found in the bigger pictures of life's journeys.
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It hurts how much I love you // When you're curled up in my lap // Your breaths so small and shallow // And in your lips, that tiny gap
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Because I have grown to love mornings and have seen so much change in myself because of it, I wanted to share with you my top 6 morning disciplines.
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I am highly regarded yet rarely pursued. My grind is taxing, but my payoff is priceless.
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In situations where we recognize extremes in emotions, our tendency as humans is to come in the opposite spirit. When someone is overreacting emotionally . . .
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We deliver information through words all the time — sending an email, making a phone call, talking to someone in person, posting an update on social media. But how are the other, more arbitrary points of connection communicated, like intention, purpose, and perception?
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I recently watched the movie Whiplash for the first time. I went into it with high expectations because I had heard so much about it surrounding the 2015 Oscars.
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I recently had a chat with a coworker who was struggling with where she wanted to take her career. She felt that she was good at her role but wasn’t sure if that’s what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
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Welcome to my blog. I have lots of dreams in life. One of them is to write a book. When thinking about this one day, I said to myself, "Courtney, if you have a goal to write a book someday, you should probably get used to writing in general."
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