Daily Discipline from BK

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Watch the Intention-Experience Gap
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Brian Kight

Watch the Intention-Experience Gap

2025-08-25 04:00:00

When you speak to someone, you speak with an intention. You say what you say, the way you say it,...

Is anyone telling you the truth?
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Brian Kight

Is anyone telling you the truth?

2025-08-21 20:18:07

If I didn’t think you’d receive any more critical feedback, I wouldn’t spend an entire week talking...

Build your criticism bridge
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Brian Kight

Build your criticism bridge

2025-08-21 04:00:00

Ok, quick review:

Stop adding unnecessary baggage to criticism
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Stop adding unnecessary baggage to criticism

2025-08-20 04:00:00

When you receive criticism, you need a reliable method to move yourself from how you initially feel...

Processing Criticism: The Initial Emotional Reaction
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Processing Criticism: The Initial Emotional Reaction

2025-08-19 04:00:00

The hardest part of processing and responding to criticism? Your reactive emotions get first...

What do you do with criticism?
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Brian Kight

What do you do with criticism?

2025-08-18 04:00:00

Someone just criticized you. They gave you direct feedback that something about your behavior...

Discipline from the heart
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Discipline from the heart

2025-08-15 04:00:00

Discipline is establishing a clear standard (or system of standards) and keeping your decisions and...

The gap between intent and interpretation
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Brian Kight

The gap between intent and interpretation

2025-08-14 04:00:00

What lessons can we take from this fresh understanding of denotation vs connotation?

How accountability backfires
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How accountability backfires

2025-08-13 04:00:00

One word that illustrates just how big the gap can get between denotation (literal meaning) and...

“I’m fine . . .”
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“I’m fine . . .”

2025-08-12 04:00:00

How clear are you on the difference between a denotation and a connotation? I learned something...