Leap Year Lesson #102: Admit When You Take On Too Much and Do Something About It

For the last few years I have occasionally taught a webinar on the contents of the book Bit Literacy by Mark Hurst. It's an excellent book filled with good advice on how to gain control over the huge amount of information that comes to you and from you daily. One of the critical ideas from the …

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Leap Year Lesson #100: Ignorance Is Not Bliss

You've perhaps heard the statement: "to someone with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." We use the tools available and familiar to us to tackle problems, whether they are the best tools for the job or not. While the statement can be interpreted positively or negatively, isn't it better to expose ourselves to …

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Leap Year Lesson #99: You Can’t Be Too Giving

For three days this week I am attending a conference in Louisville. It is of personal interest and not related to work. The cost, therefore, is coming out of my pocket to attend. That's expected - no surprises there. What is a surprise, however, is the generosity of the conference organizers and partner companies, publishers …

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Leap Year Lesson #98: Relationships Are More Important Than Surroundings

Before leaving work today, I had to pack up all of my belongings into storage bins, labeling them and the equipment left behind in preparation for a move on Friday. I'm taking the next three days off as vacation to attend a conference in town, so I had to pack today in preparation for the …

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