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The One-Step Strategy to Bounce Back Faster
Last Saturday, I was walking to the train station to take Metro North to Connecticut where I mentor Navy SEAL candidates in mental toughness. Crossing 125th St., the heel of…
The Secret to Happiness (No, Really)
Recently, I was talking with an app developer and congratulating him for having hundreds of thousands of users. “No,” he said, shaking his head, “it doesn’t mean anything until you…
What To Do When You Can’t Get Into The Groove
Today was one of those days. Sluggish. Unfocused. Namby pamby. There wasn’t even a specific reason to point to: I’m 100% healthy, fully carbed, well-rested and pain-free, with plenty of…
The No-Resolution Approach to 2014
Okay, confession time: It’s 4:00 pm on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve and I’m alone in my sister’s dangerously well-stocked kitchen (think two refrigerators full of holiday leftovers and a…
A Sneaky Secret for (More) Self-Control
Here we are, heading quickly toward the end of the year. If you’re tempted to throw in the towel on your goals — whether work, fitness, diet — and just…
Do You Take Things Personally? Well, Stop It.
Yetta was enjoying herself at the firm’s annual holiday cocktail party when one of her clients came up as she was nibbling on a sushi roll and, a little tipsy,…
Two Words That Are Music To Everyone’s Ears
Leo, a super-smart consultant, had a prickly relationship with his boss. Conservative and extremely process-oriented, his boss invariably found some detail to criticize in Leo’s presentations and proposals. It was…
To Thank or Not To Thank
Recently, I gave a presentation on resilience at Defy Ventures, an innovative organization that recognizes the entrepreneurial skills of formerly incarcerated gang members and drug dealers and provides them with…
Of Piano Lessons, Breasts and Melting Beliefs
Emeraude, my five-and-a-half-year-old niece in Paris, has become fascinated lately with…breasts (la poitrine). Namely, when is she going to have some of her own. Recently, during her second lesson with a…