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Intellectual Firepower for Professionals

CARVER Leadership Webinar

A Free Webinar with Leadership Lessons from the Boardroom, War Room, and Locker Room

I had originally planned to host a live webinar this Wednesday to introduce my new book, CARVER Leadership: Less...

Monday Security Memo

Intellectual Firepower for Professionals

Self-Worth vs. Self-Esteem

“Whether you think you can or you think you can't - you're right.”

— Henry Ford

Contrary to popular opinion, we are not a product of our circumstances. We are a product of our decisions. As su...

Monday Security Memo

Intellectual Firepower for Professionals

Reliability Means Holding the Rope

“You hold the rope for the guy next to you. That’s what teams do. That’s what families do. You never let go...”

— Lou Holtz

The word “reliable” stems from the Latin root religere, whic...

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Chuck Norris: Consistency of Character

“Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.”

— Chuck Norris

 This past week, the world lost a living legend.  Chuck Norris passed away at the age of 86...

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Do Clothes Really Make the Man?

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”

— Mark Twain

There’s an old line often attributed to William Shakespeare: “The apparel oft proclaims the man.”...

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Colin Powell's 13 Leadership Laws

“Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”

— Colin Powell

The late Colin Powell has always been one of...

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Beware of The Pike Effect

“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”

— Sven Goran Eriksson

In the late 1800s, a fascinating experiment was conducted by researchers studying animal behavior. They placed a ...

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When the World Shifts Overnight

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

— Marcus Aurelius

This past weekend brought sudden geopolitical developments in the Middle East. Coordi...

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One Dying Quail Per Week

"Improve by 1% each day and in just one year, you'll be 37 times better."

— James Clear

In the classic ’80s baseball comedy Bull Durham, Nuke Laloosh (played by Tim Robbins) gets the call every ...

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CARVER Leadership and 300 Spartans

“Molon labe!" ("Come and take them.")

— King Leonidas I

In 480 BC, at a narrow coastal pass called Thermopylae, a small Greek force stood against the massive invading army of Persian K...

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There is No Tomorrow!

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today."

— Chinese Proverb

I was scrolling YouTube last Thursday when a clip from Rocky III popped into my feed. There wa...

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Being a Good Boy

“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”

— Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers)

This weekend I asked my three-year-old s...