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Why I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
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I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. In fact, I find New Year’s resolutions are usually a waste of time.

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How My Faith Has Shaped My Leadership
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Without a doubt, my Catholic faith has shaped my leadership, especially in the area of human dignity and treating my position as a great responsibility.

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The Joy of Giving
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How do you discover the true joy of giving? Looking beyond writing the check for the tax break into what really matters and will make a difference.

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Being Present and Vacationing Well
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Here’s my strategy for making a week at Disney a chance for being present and appreciating time with my family.

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Tips for Effective Meetings with Your Board: Lessons from a First-Time CEO
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I’ve been fortunate to learn about running effective meetings from seasoned and experienced executives. Here are my seven tips for board meeting success.

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Getting Past the Poison and Working Together as a Team
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In America, we need to learn the difference between negotiation and compromise and principles that cannot be altered. We need to learn how to get past the poison of labels and start working together as a team.

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It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask for Advice: Lessons from an Entrepreneur
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It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. But when you’re starting out, do you really know anyone? And as you get going, do you really know anyone who matters? And if you try to sit down with someone who does, will they really give you the time of day? Here are tips that you can use to ask for advice from the executives you want to learn from.

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I Learned the Hard Way: Good Stewardship is More than Saving
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As I’ve become more “successful”, I have had to learn to use the resources I have for the benefit of my family. I have had to learn how to be a good steward of what I have been given, and sometimes I have to face the fact that it’s different for me than it is for others. At the heard of it, good stewardship is about more than saving.

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Sometimes Showing Up and Being Present Is Enough
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You can parent, discipline, coach, and teach, but sometimes it won’t get through. Sometimes, you have to show up, and that’s what matters most. It comes down to being present in the most literal sense.

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5 Methods for Optimizing Your Boardroom
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When I first started building my board I still owned 100% of the company. Many people were surprised that I was willing to subject myself to the headache of having to answer to outside directors. Here’s my experience and how it can translate into crafting a high-performing, accelerator board for your company.

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