I sometimes take unpopular positions. That's part of being a lawyer, but it's also an effective way of learning what is in our blind spots. As I re-read and updated this post again, as I do each year, …
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Supporting Employees Struggling with Parent Conflicts
(Updated from 08/14/2019) When I was asked by NBC News' Nicole Spector how parents can mend broken relationships with their grown children, I was still grieving the loss of my mother. Yet I …
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Everyone Has a 9/11 Story; This Is Mine
I graduated from law school in May 2001 and took the bar examination in July of the same year. Few people know I had a health challenge that summer, and the guy I was dating at the time assured me it …
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Peter introduced me to Geoff Colvin's book, Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everyone Else, on our first date. He humbly dismissed a common story his mom told …
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Becky Doesn’t Think She Has a Conflict
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Frequently-Asked Questions About Third Ear Conflict Resolution
Most people have heard the term third eye before. Even if you haven't heard that your mind has an invisible eye that helps you perceive concepts beyond ordinary sight, you might have heard of the …
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How to Get DIY Conflict Resolution for Free
Not long after I launched the first edition of DIY Conflict Resolution in 2014, I discovered some sites offering copies of the book for free. Below, you'll see why I am not linking to any of them. …
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Review of SYSTEMOLOGY by David Jenyns
In full disclosure, I was asked to review the SYSTEMology book because David Jenyns is acquainted with Allan Dib. I wrote a review of Allan's book, The 1-Page Marketing Plan. This is one of the most …
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Have you always wanted to write a book? Probably. In middle school, I won a couple of Young Authors awards. I thought maybe I would be a writer when I grew up. It didn't seem that hard because we had …
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