Francis Kong: Inspiring Excellence
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Welcome to Inspiring Excellence, where Francis Kong shares insights and inspiration to help you grow personally and professionally. Each episode offers practical guidance on achieving career success, building meaningful relationships, and nurturing holistic well-being—empowering you to become your best self every step of the way, created by Success Options Inc.
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Episode 224: Selling Ideas
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May 31, 2026 |
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Episode 223: Things Are Getting Weird
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May 24, 2026 |
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Episode 222: The OG of Marketing
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May 17, 2026 |
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Episode 221: Not A Project But A Lifestyle
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May 10, 2026 |
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The Strong Woman And The Woman Of Strength
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May 09, 2026 |
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Episode 220: Marketing and Humanity
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May 03, 2026 |
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Episode 219: Managing and Leading
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Episode 218: Know Your Customers
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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Episode 217: Is There Anything Trustworthy?
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Episode 216: Learning Leadership Lessons
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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Episode 215: The Backbone of Business
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Episode 214: My Personal Year End Audit
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Episode 213: Not Dead But It Was Never Real
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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Episode 212: Not Just Strategy But By Character
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Episode 211: Avoiding Bad Advice
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Episode 210: Overrated Authenticity
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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Episode 209: Effective Leadership and Culture
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Episode 208: Effective One On One Meets
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Episode 207: Anti-aging Cream
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Episode 206: From Problem Pointers To Problem Solvers
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Episode 205: The Shift To Skills
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Episode 204: Success Is
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 203: Creating Good Impressions
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Episode 202: From Setbacks to Success
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Episode 201: High Performers Are Show Off
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Episode 200: Never Too Old To Change
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Episode 199: What Do You Do?
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Episode 198: Data and Opinion
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Episode 197: Where The Wedding Ring Should Be
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May 10, 2025 |
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Episode 196: The Need To Rebrand Retirement
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May 09, 2025 |
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Episode 195: The Power Of Invisible Systems
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May 04, 2025 |
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Episode 194: Feedback Is Key To Learning And Improvement
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Episode 193: Where There Is No Trust
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Episode 189: The Sapient Leader
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Episode 192: The Lull Before The Rise
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Episode 191: What Resurrection Sunday Really
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Episode 190: Dead Men Walking
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Episode 188: The One Essential Business Skill For The Year 2025
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Episode 187: The Leadership Superpowers
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Episode 186: The Intentional Leader
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Episode 185: The Comparison Game
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Episode 184: Improving Communication With AI
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Episode 183: Feedback Is The Key To Learning And Improvement
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Episode 182: Drop The Fancy And Strengthen The Basics
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Episode 181: Corporate Values
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Episode 180: Addicted To Drama
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Episode 179: The Lesson On Waiting
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Episode 178: Spotting Macro And Micro Trends For The New Year
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Episode 177: Dealing With Difficult Co-workers
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Episode 176: Time And Change In The Selling Landscape
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Episode 175: Getting Them And Making Them Stay
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Episode 174: Success and Generosity
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Episode 173: The Wind And The Fog
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Episode 172: Growing Old and Growing Up
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Episode 171: Tips for New Leaders
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Episode 170: Pin The Flower Where It Matters
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Episode 169: The Brittle And The Unbreakable
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Episode 168: 10 Word Pairs That Can Trip Up Leaders
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Episode 167: AI Ethics and Values
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Episode 166: Remembering Names and Faces
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Why Some People Trust Tiktok Advisors
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Episode 164: The Solution Is In the Problem
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Episode 163: No Such Thing As A Bad Idea
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Did Not Know It Could Be Done
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Episode 161: The Delicate Dance Between Head and Heart
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Episode 160: Leadership Insights to Consider
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Episode 159: How Young Are You?
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 158: How to be Miserable
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Episode157: The Power of Reading
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Episode 156: My Father's Arms
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Episode 155: What Mindset is Really All About
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 154: Here Comes The New Leader
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 153: The Leader You Wish you Never Had
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 152: The Quest for Learning
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May 23, 2024 |
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Episode 151: Why Managers Do Not Manage Well
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May 19, 2024 |
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Episode 150: Technology is the Death of Us
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 149: For Mean Moms
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May 12, 2024 |
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Episode 148: Missing the Obvious
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May 06, 2024 |
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Episode 147: Getting Old Can Be Glorious
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 146: Creating Good Impressions
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 145: Good Questions Good Leaders Ask
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Episode 144: Understanding and Leading Gen Z
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 143: Habituation
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Episode 142: The Battle of Two Philosophies
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 141: The First Five Seconds
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Episode 140: Your Company Goals
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 139: What Are You Selling?
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Episode 138: Speaking Last
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 137: When Envy Takes Over
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Episode 136: Build on their Strengths
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Episode 135: All Sizzle and No Steak
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 134: Intrinsic Motivation
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Episode 133: The Power of Fun and Humor
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 132: The Grip of Worry
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Episode 131: What Calm People Do
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Episode 130: The Power of Self Discipline
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 129: The Leader Worth Following
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Episode 128: The Kiss and The Slap
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 127: Only the Clever Survives
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Episode 126: Kindness and Loyalty
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode 125: Love Like Business
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Episode 124: Good Lessons Learned
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 123: Healthy Disengagement
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Episode 122: Always Excited to Change
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 121: Change Is Hard
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 120: Handling Criticism
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Episode 119: A Rude Awakening
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Episode 118: A Lesson from the Beatles
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Episode 117: A Lesson from Socrates
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 116: 10 Ways to Inspire Others to be their Best
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 115: Memo From The Pastoral Search Committee
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 114: The Exhausted Leader
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Reflections of a Senior Citizen
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Episode 112: Losing Good People
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 111: You Can Choose Your Attitude
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Productivity Clichés
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 109: Purposeful and Purposive
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 108: A Box Underneath the Table
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Dissonance
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 106: There Is No "I" In Team
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 105: It Is What The Customer Gets Out Of It
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May 31, 2023 |
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Episode 104: Good Questions Entrepreneurs Ask
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 103: What Does It Take To Be An Entrepreneur
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May 18, 2023 |
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Episode 102: From Comfort Zone to Success Zone
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode 101: The Young And Their Blind Spots
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 100: The 10 Commandments For Training
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 99: The Future Of Work
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Episode 98: Handling Criticism
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Episode 97: What Unites And What Divides
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 96: Healthy Disengagement
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 95: Getting Old? Think Again!
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 94: Humble Bragging
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Episode 93: Good Lessons Learned
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Episode 92: Context and Content
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Episode 91: Dissonance Is Misalignment
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 90: Killer Work Ethics
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 89: Sludge Economics
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 88: Change Is Hard
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 87: Justifying Choices
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 86: Unintended Consequence
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Episode 85: Don't We All?
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Episode 84: The Paradox of Pessimism
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Episode 83: What A Difference Perspective Makes
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Episode 82: A Dreamer's Dream
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 81: The Intimacy Level
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 80: Healthy Conversation (Part 2)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode 79: Healthy Conversation (Part 1)
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 78: Better Than Optimism
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Episode 77: Drop the 'T'
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Episode 76: Dealing With Drama
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Episode 75: The Big Quit
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 74: Leading or Leaving
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Episode 73: Online Leadership Presence
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Episode 72: Visible and Invisible Leaders
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 71: Leadership and Laughter
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Episode 70: Leadership Expressions
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Episode 69: Different Approaches in Business
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Episode 68: Adjusting to the New Reality
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Episode 67: Resistance to Change
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Education Experience and Expertise
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Good Talents are Hard to Find
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Motivation Alone is Not Enough
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 63: A Timely Truth and Reminder
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Episode 62: The Richest Man in the Valley
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Episode 61: My God, My God Why Have You Forsaken Me
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Episode 60: Confidently Humble
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 59: Outsmarting the Geezer
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 58: Talking to Yourself
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Episode 57: Post-Covid Recovery Requirements
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Episode 56: The Backlash Begins
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 55: Built On Trust
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Episode 54: When Customers Yell At You
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 53: The World Is Your Oyster
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 52: Thinking of Quitting?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 51: I Am A Slow Learner
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Episode 50: A Good Book to Read
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Episode 49: Dealing with Cynics and Pessimists
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Clock In and Clock Out
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Episode 47: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 25)
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Episode 46: Leaeders and Friends
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Episode 45: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 24)
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Episode 44: Moving to the Middle
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Episode 43: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 23)
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Episode 42: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 22)
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Episode 41: A Rude Awakening
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Episode 40: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 21)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 20)
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Episode 38: What Others Think and Talk About You
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Episode 37: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 19)
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Episode 36: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 18)
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Episode 35: Tweets & Thoughts (Part 3)
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 17)
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 16)
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Episode 32: Tweets and Thoughts (Part 2)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Episode 31: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 15)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 14)
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Tweets and Thoughts
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 13)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 27: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 12)
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Episode 26: On Feeling Good vs Looking Good and Learning to Trust and Forgive
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Episode 25: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 11)
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 10)
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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Episode 23: The Fundamentals of Training and Dealing with Negative Training Habits
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 9)
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 8)
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Dealing with Disappointments, Managing Expectations, and Making up Excuses
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 7)
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Episode 18: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 6)
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Episode 17: On Dealing with Manipulative People and Entitled Parents
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode 16: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 5)
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Episode 15: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 4)
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Episode 14: On Pivoting, Hearing and Having a Critical Mind
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 3)
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Episode 12: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 2)
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Episode 11: How to Earn and Spread Kindness to Bosses and Others
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Episode 10: Life Choices for Purposeful Living (Day 1)
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Episode 9: Cleaning Closets, Creating Personas and a Cynic's Guide to Life
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Episode 8: On Career: A Lesson from Socrates, The Beatles and Habits That Limit Success
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Eight Gifts and The Night Watch
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Episode 6: Building Bridges
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Episode 5: 5 Love Languages (Asian Version), A Generational Mistake and Dealing with Disagreements
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Episode 4: On Having A Good Look At Life, Understanding That All Things Must End, and Choosing Between Comfort and Growth
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Francis Kong: Inspiring Excellence Podcast Trailer
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 3: On Achieving A Successful Career
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 2: On Maintaining Relationships At Work
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 1: On Integrity, Honesty, Managing Time, and Pessimism
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Nov 25, 2021 |