Most winners in life master one thing in particular: they are astute. Astute: having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people.
Accurately assess… as opposed to have an opinion, have a good feel, or guess…
Is that a skill, a capacity, a virtue? What is it and how do you get it?
A have a new “most visited” post, the 31 quotes that give you chills… Why? Because it promises an experience… an experience you crave in the consistently dull and painful life you have.
Wanting to get chills without any other benefits says a lot about you and your life. What does it say? For one: you are a mystery to yourself…
I have said it before… humanity bars its way to evolution by throwing big words around.
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Reprinted from Forbes… Recently some close friends visited, both of whom have worked in education with adolescents for over 40 years. We were talking about students in general and when I asked what has changed with regards to the character … 
If you are trying, you read, you watch videos, and nothing seems to stick, nothing seems to become useful knowledge, listen up. This is an interaction from yesterday, with a student of mine who has this same problem. He says: … 
About two years or so after I graduated from architecture school, I was assigned to manage a project. A big one. A university in Oran, Algeria. I wasn’t assigned because I was so good. Looking back I was green. I … 
I have been observing people for about 30 years… I have participated with thousands. I have coached thousands. I have been friends with a few. There has been one thing in common with all of them: they picked and chose … 
