Diminishing Returns

"It’s OK to be wrong; it’s unforgiving to stay wrong." - Martin Zweig There are few things more painful than a failed enterprise between family or friends. Even the best of ideas can be off center, ill timed or unmatched to the true need and it takes something to step up to the microphone, admit …

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Tying It Down

One of the biggest sources of wasted effort lies neither in poor preparation nor bungled execution, but in the failure to follow up. I have watched many good efforts turn to naught for lack of seeing the process all the way through, either deliberately or by accident. It is quite sad when it happens, especially …

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The Home Stretch

If you’ve ever navigated a lengthy project - in business, school or at home - you likely recall key “make it or break it” phases in which pressure and the stakes were high. The halfway point, or as some call it, the “point of no return,” is typically a watershed. If you successfully move beyond …

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