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Do These Three Things Tonight to Improve Your Leadership Context


Maybe it’s the holidays…maybe it’s the winter season. The cards with pictures of old friends and family. The darkness and solitude of memories. Remembering the past and its accompanying emotions should be a more regular and intentional activity. This anchoring to history holds both personal and business lessons for us as leaders—if we’re willing to

How to Bring Faith into Work


Certain topics are considered off limits at work.  In most organizations discussions of faith and religion fall into that category.  One of the reasons is that many approach or experience these subjects as “causes” or “judgments” designed to make others uncomfortable and encourage them to change.  However, I believe it is possible – and beneficial

Journeying Through Disappointment


Disappointment: the difference between what we expect and what we get.  Events, circumstances and people disappoint us and we disappoint ourselves.  To move from disappointment to contentment, we have to process our emotions and surrender our expectations. This Mother’s Day, my wife Kari was supposed to be entering her third trimester.  We miscarried that baby

Pursuing a Life of Single-Mindedness


The Greek word for “anxiety” is merimnaō, which means to be divided or distracted.  Leaders today face so many external and internal disruptions that anxiety, by the Greek definition, is nearly unavoidable.  Anxiety depletes energy and confidence and makes courageous decisions difficult.  One way to minimize anxiety is to pursue the opposite of division and

Sustainable Growth Creates Joy


Joy is an uncomplicated word.  It’s the feeling of goodness that comes from being fully alive.  And it can be present regardless of circumstances – pain or pleasure.  Wouldn’t it be cool to create joy all over the place – at home, at work, in the community and in ourselves?  One way is through lasting

Take the Ride


I want to be comfortable.  I like my daily routine and sleeping in my own bed.  I want to be around people like me and do things I’m good at doing.  But the truth is, I know that comfort is at odds with being fully alive. Last week, we took the kids to Disney World. 

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MATT NORMAN

Matt Norman is president of Norman & Associates, which offers Dale Carnegie Training in the North Central US. Dale Carnegie Training is a global organization ...READ MORE