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Without Passion, Your Efforts Are Doomed
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It’s hard to be successful without passion. Passion turns work into a labor of love. It provides intrinsic motivation and endurance. Those who are passionate about their work are fiercely…

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Pick a Winning Strategy: Lessons from a First-Time CEO
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There are two types of strategy. You can compete to be better, or you can compete by being different. Which one have you chosen? Companies that compete on the basis…

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Professionals Aren’t Going to Evaporate Due to Innovation
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Karen Cator nailed it – your teacher is not going to be replaced by a robot. Despite common misconceptions, innovation does not destroy professions. Disruption occurs within an industry, but…

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Great Design = Doing It For Them
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Seth Godin proposes that “great design = getting people to do what you want.” Good designs get people to do what you want, while great designs get people to ask…

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The Death of the Bachelor’s Degree
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I’ve commented before on the disruption that is simmering in the education sector. The sector is ripe for innovation; it’s an industry that hasn’t changed in a meaningful way in,…

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Leadership Traits, in a Nutshell
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I recently posed a question to the daviddewolf.com community: “In your opinion, what is the one word that describes the most important trait of a leader?” Here are the results:

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Don’t Be Afraid of Progress (continued)
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Unfortunately, progress has gotten a bad name. The word has been hijacked and many use it to mean a political agenda that encourages leaving moral absolutes and classical values behind.…

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Don’t Be Afraid of Progress
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Who would have thought that the homeschool dad was the “progressive”? Last week, Teresa and I received a letter from the junior high school that our daughter is about to…

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Lessons from an Entrepreneur: Be Easy to Do Business with
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If you want do business, be easy to do business with. Startups, by their very nature, aren’t easy to do business with. They are a risky proposition. They don’t have…

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It’s not about the WaPo (or Bezos)
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The news of Jeff Bezos’ acquisition of the Washington Post for $250M has created a flurry of prognostication about the impact Bezos will have on the DC newspaper. The more…

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