On Becoming a Leader - The One Factor that Can Make or Break You

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Though there are a myriad of factors that can determine success, there is one that stands above all the others-one without which no one will get very far. And this vital factor is quite simply a person’s motivation for wanting to become a leader in the first place.

An Antidote to Life’s Frustrations

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When life brings you down, it’s easy to become excessively focused on all the things that seem to be a source of frustration. And it is all too easy to become completely immersed in the feeling of dissatisfaction itself.

Getting Connected ~ What Intuition and the Internet Have in Common

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Accessing our intuition allows us to connect to knowledge that surpasses what we can directly see, feel, hear, touch, or taste. Connecting to something bigger in this way allows us not only to receive data but also to send it-in a similar fashion to the way we do a search on the internet.

Frightful to Delightful: The Power of a Story

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Remember that things aren’t always what they seem — and people are not always who we think they are.

Riding the Wave of Chaos

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Seize the moment to do whatever you gut tells you to. Even if at the time it seems like the craziest thing you could possibly think of…

Transcending Tradition — Becoming You

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The expectation of a Shuhari kata is to break free of tradition and anything that has been done before — to invent a distinctly unique and original application.

Bouncing Back: Perseverance Personified

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“Success” and “failure” are nothing more than labels for stepping stone experiences — but both words are loaded with judgment. But what if they are simply two sides of the same coin?

Leaping into the Unknown

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Once there was a man who didn’t fit the environment he was in. He had three choices. One was to ignore his instincts and simply play the game…

Leveraging Chaos

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Though we may not realize the significance or relevance of our chaotic experiences until much later, in hindsight we often realize the importance of enduring specific challenges, setbacks, delays, or what felt like irrelevant nuisances.

Getting Out of Overwhelm

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Getting unstuck and moving forward requires that we simplify and focus on what’s most important.