Build Your Body, Clear Your Mind
Regular exercise is a great way to help you keep a positive outlook on things. Keeping yourself in good physical shape relieve you of a lot of daily pain and cuts down on your worries about your health, and feeling better physically can help you feel better emotionally. Plus, the time spent exercising is time […]
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Dr William Thomas - Posted in Health and Balance
- Feb, 19, 2018
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Feb, 19, 2018
5 Lessons To Help You Achieve Your 2018 Goals
Ten years ago this month I decided to take up running and run my first marathon, and two years later I set a goal of completing The Marathon Grand Slam (a marathon on all seven continents and at the North Pole). I achieved that goal in 2016, and along the way learned plenty of lessons […]
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- Jan, 11, 2018
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Learning From Failure
As I was talking recently with an analyst at one of my clients, he made a very helpful observation about learning: It’s better to learn from failures than from successes. With a success, the chances you can replicate everything that led to that success are small. But with a failure, you can learn how to […]
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- Dec, 11, 2017
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When Innovation Isn’t Part of the Culture
Firms in Asia face a challenge their Western counterparts might not. I was giving a talk earlier this year when the subject of innovation came up. An employee from an engineering firm (in this case, a Western multinational’s operation in China) raised his hand and said, “In China, we were raised not to question things, […]
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- Posted in Creativity & Innovation
- Dec, 07, 2017
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Disengaged Employees Aren’t Helpful
Just because your employees are sticking with you for now does not mean they’re happy; it may just mean they are afraid to jump out of their comfort zone and look for something else. Ultimately, though, they may decide to leave, or take other actions that hurt your organization. Employee engagement — measured by such […]
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- Posted in Leading
- Dec, 01, 2017
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