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It is important to keep in mind that people may know the same things as you but they arrived at those conclusions differently. Be mindful to mention the process when conversing with others.

Lisa Johnson's Two Fundamental Questions.

What am I noticing?
What can I let go of?

Lisa also mentions to become a student. A student of yourself and your client.

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There are no bad ideas only bad results.

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Everything has a beginning, a middle and an end. How fortunate are we to understand this law of nature.

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Know your surroundings in detail. This includes everywhere go. To go through life unaware of your surroundings is like sleepwalking and thus should be avoided.

Do You Focus on the Locus of Control?

This great newsletter contains great reading about deliberate practice. It also includes an interactive test to determine where you are on their control continuum.

The gist is that having a strong internal locus of control is how one analyzes their world and how they fit into the picture despite external influences. According to the article this is the mark of many successful people. They mention several drawbacks mostly related to emotional intelligence.







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Matthew, MB

Beat your Mental

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Clarifying expectations is the key to true communication.

Wisebread Writer's Wisdom: How to be an Expert

This is a great article by Philip Brewer on Wisebread.com. He distills the essence of becoming an expert in any subject into four steps. Mind you they are four difficult steps, but albeit achievable.

Enjoy this snippet:

Deliberate practice

Deliberate practice is just this:

1. performing your skill (or, more typically, a piece of it)
2. monitoring your performance
3. evaluating your success
4. figuring out how to do it better

and then repeating that sequence again and again.

That's it. That's how to become an expert. Most experts have done just that, for hours a day, for years.

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Two Profound Quotes for Sunday

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.

- Marcus Aurelius

He who has not first laid his foundations may be able with great ability to lay them afterwards, but they will be laid with trouble to the architect and danger to the building.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

A Simple Secret to Successful Creative Moments

To prepare for a large scale creative moment, it is essential to practice the discipline of
doing one small scale creative thing every day.


Matthew, MB