Daily Discipline from BK

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

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

What do you do with criticism?
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What do you do with criticism?

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

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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The gap between intent and interpretation

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

How accountability backfires
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How accountability backfires

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

“I’m fine . . .”
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Brian Kight

“I’m fine . . .”

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

Results follow work
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Results follow work

“Don’t complain about results you didn’t get from work you didn’t do.” Have you heard that before?...