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Learning to Compete, Lead, and Give Back with Coach Fran O’Brien
Recently, I attended the visitation in Reading, Massachusetts for Francis O’Brien, my college baseball coach at ...
Shooting Diameters with Danny Hamsley
When I missed the mark in my role as a log buyer and harvest manager in northeast Georgia in the 1990s, Danny ...
Verbalize: Practice Your Presentations Out Loud
I’ve given a lot of presentations, mostly about forest finance, timber markets and communication skills. When ...
Information Overload: Brains and Homo Sapiens
We share the brain of our ancestors. The humans of one hundred thousand years ago, as they started migrating from ...
How to Deliver an Educational and Insightful Talk
The question “how do I teach this to them” has puzzled presenters, professors, and parents since ...
Ten Observations of Human Behavior and Learning
As a writer, I read a lot of books and articles, listen closely to how people talk, and take notes to capture ...
One Rule for Performance Reviews: No Surprises
Regular performance reviews, while often criticized, offer a repeatable and transparent process for building more ...
How Do You Know What to Do Next?
Seneca wrote, “do not be unhappy before the crisis comes…” Avoid imagined sorrows and anticipated anxieties. Be ...
Three Reasons to Pick Up a Pen and Write
Introduction
Deciding to leverage your lived moments into wisdom, insight, and appreciation rather than ...
How to Say No (When You Know What You Want)
My Dad taught me the importance of keeping the “end in mind” when managing time. As a result, I pause and think ...
Write Thank-You Notes
Writing personal thank-you notes remains an effective way to stand out in the workplace. Thank-you notes send ...
Brooks Writes Stories: How Did It Go in 2021?
In mid-2017, I started submitting and tracking my fiction writing and posted updates in 2018, 2019 and 2020. How ...