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In 1946, the late, great, legendary Ray Charles heard "Lucky" Millinder’s band was coming to town. Charles worked miracles to arrange an audition, and he was sure this was his chance to get noticed--if he could connect and play with Millinder, that would almost guarantee a ticket to the big time. When his opportunity came, the …
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Throughout history—there has always been a link between leadership and courage. I know it might sound obvious, but have you ever worked for a leader that was a coward? How did that go? Its also easy to sit here at our computers and think—well, not me—I’m very brave. Years ago I was training in martial …
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“Reason shows us there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.” ― Seneca, Letters from a StoicFailure is an inside job--inside our head. So is success--all depending on how we define it. If we want to achieve, we have to win the war in our mind first. We can’t let the …
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