Tag: Maxims

  • Maxim #26: Have Good Defaults

    We have a limited amount of willpower. We have a limited amount of decision-making energy. Although there are things we can do to increase and improve these abilities, even at…


  • Self-Help and Christianity

    As someone who is convinced that Christianity is true, how do I approach self-help material? Good question. Many of the posts on my blog would be considered self-help. I share…


  • Maxim #25: Shift the Spotlight

    I did a presentation to a company recently on “Communicating with Confidence”. The most important tip to increase confidence that I shared was to Shift the Spotlight. The Spotlight Effect…


  • Maxim #24: Take Off the Tool Belt

    The phrase, “Take Off the Tool Belt” helped my wife and I move past several years of arguments and hurt feelings. We got the language from the book “Men are…


  • Maxim #23: Focus on Process Over Goals

    As the New Year is about to begin and many are about to set New Year’s resolutions, I would like to encourage you to Focus on Process over Goals. Goals…


  • Maxim #22: Own the Ask

    Don’t wait for someone to ask you. You are the one who wants it. Take initiative. Take ownership. Own the Ask. Want to work on the project? Ask. Want a…


  • Maxim #21: Time Multiplies What You Feed It

    “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it… he who doesn’t… pays it.” – attributed to Albert Einstein, but I couldn’t find evidence…


  • Maxim #20: Think in Decades, Act in Days

    Think ahead. Think long term. Think with the end in mind. That was one of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. What would Future You want to say…


  • Maxim #19: To Be Interesting, Be Interested

    Are you nervous in social situations? Do you get anxious because you don’t know what to say? Do you worry about what other people will think of you? These fears…


  • Maxim #18: The North Wind Made the Vikings

    The Vikings were fierce warriors. Hard. Tough. Some of that toughness is because of the land from which they came. It was a hard, tough land. Cold. Windy. Weak people…


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