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A short read for leaders to help advance your business, career, health, wealth, and relationships.Ā Curated by Brian Cooke. Published biweekly on Fridays. Free.

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Play a Game You Can Win!

What can you do that would be difficult if not impossible for anyone else?

In a world where it is easy to copy others, recognizingĀ and focusing on your unique talent is the surest strategy I know toĀ advance your business and career.

Here are four hallmarks of successful business leaders I coach who know their strengths and use them forĀ  strategic advantage.

Ā Differentiation.Ā Outworking others is not a sustainable advantage. Study your competition. Know what makes you distinctive. Acknowledge ...

Career - Are You Lucky?

What's luck got to do with it?

That's a question one client asked me this week while discussing his career so-far.

Here’s my answer.

Luck, of course, dictates where we are born, our gender, our parents and siblings, our initial socio-economic class, and the genes that influence our health, energy, and intellect.

Beyond these significant factors, the lives and careers of successful leaders I coach are shaped by four considerations.

Choices.

For better and worse, choices have consequences. S...