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Talent Isn't Your Savior, It's Your Ceiling
Talent is a high-risk gift. The way humans navigate their talent is often setting them up to be mediocre, not exceptional…even when they start off with…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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Navigating the "Success Tax"
When most people think about finally hitting their goals, they often imagine the freedom, the opportunities, etc. But there's another side to success…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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6 Trade-Offs That Give You Velocity
Your trajectory isn't accidental—it's the sum of choices you make every single day. Yet most people drift through these decisions unconsciously, letting…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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Your Systems Run Your Life
A 3-step Process to Fix Them
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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The World is Malleable, Shape It
“I am thankful to have learned early on that the world is malleable.” -a Founder. That was said to me in a conversation with a founder of a very…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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Make Them Catch Up.
The most effective leaders I work with do not spend the majority of their time reacting to the needs of their business. They lead it from the front…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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What is Hard Work, Anyway?
We've all heard the phrase, "Work hard and you'll succeed." It's plastered across motivational posters, echoed in graduation speeches, and repeated like…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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Exceptional People Think in Decades
"If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you're competing against a lot of people. But if you're willing to invest on a…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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How to Set Up Constant Learning When You're Busy
How the best integrate learning in their everyday.
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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3 Steps To Creating Your Own Flywheel Effect
Achieving growth and success that outpaces the effort you put in is the goal, which is what the flywheel effect is all about.
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The Mindset of Speed
If there is any consistent trait I’ve seen in the .01%, it is speed. They move on things. They have a bias to action and are frustrated when others who…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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Nailing the 4 Critical Moments
A perk of speaking with people every week who do larger-than-expected things is that you get to hear their origin stories. I’ve heard many of them from…
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Dr. Julie Gurner
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