The Cost of Living for Approval

Modifying your own behavior for the approval of others makes you a minority shareholder in your own life.

The cost of being easy to live with is the destruction of the person doing the living.

Shortcut To Decision-Making

Doctors are their own worst patients. Most of us are really bad at taking our own advice. This is why trying playing both doctor and patient is unreliable.

One way to quickly clarify a difficult decision is to imagine advising your best friend. How would you advise them?

Using Evidence

Resumes are often filled with words like great communication skills, results-oriented, and top-notch sales professional, prompting recruiters and hiring managers’ eyes to glaze over.

Great communicators communicate well. Results-oriented people accomplish more. And great sales people sell more.

Exceptional people leave a trail of evidence. A well-done resume shows relevant accomplishments, starting with verbs (Increased sales by 18%) rather than tell by using adjectives.

“Don’t tell me how hard you worked, show me what you accomplished.”- Andrew G. Acho”