Excuse: Often dishonest, seeks to avoid or shift responsibility, and is used to justify behavior. Reason: Honest, valid, and focuses on explaining the cause of a situation. The distinction between an excuse and a reason can significantly impact our growth and success....
It’s never gone It’s aways waiting It’s always avaiable It’s always willing to be redeemed at a moment’s notice But there is a little problem we encounter along the way. Potential is hard because Netflix is easy. Potential is hard because Instagram is easy. Potential...
Every choice you make comes with some sort of consequence. In an instant you can only pick one path, and you must deal with the repercussions of not picking any of the others. In the words of Sheldon B. Kopp, a brilliant American psychotherapist, you’re pretty much...
There was a gardener who was running his family business, that had been passed down from his grandfather to his father and now to him. The staff were happy, and they had more than enough customers, and the team and business were both very successful. For as long as...
Feedback is backward-looking: it leads people to criticize you, or cheer for you. Advice is forward-looking: it leads people to coach you. When we ask for advice, we open the door to valuable insights and guidance that can help us navigate challenges more effectively....
“Think about what great advice it is when you sit down at a computer and screw your life up forever by telling someone to go to hell, or something else, in 30 seconds and you can’t erase it,” Warren Buffett once said. In other words, think twice about...
