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Leap Challenge Day 16: Refine your Objectives

On February 16, 2012 · 5 Comments

One of the first things a young aviator learns is how to construct a Time-Distance-Heading (TDH) Card. Before the days of the GPS, a TDH card got you to our destination by leading you there one waypoint at a time.

Now that you’ve broken your dream into a few

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Leap Challenge Day 15: Develop Your Plan

On February 15, 2012 · 6 Comments

Orville and Wilbur Wright didn’t invent the first airplane by accident. They had passion and a vision, but they also had a plan. They accomplished their huge dream by breaking it down into five achievable missions:

Figure out how things fly. Devise a system for controlling flight. Develop a [...]

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Leap Challenge Day 8: A Ruthless Look at Reality

On February 8, 2012 · 11 Comments

Yesterday you imagined the finish line. You envisioned what wild success would look like. You took a sip of future victory.

Now it’s time to get brutally honest with yourself. No engineer would ever build a bridge having only surveyed the far side. Inspecting the [...]

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Leap Challenge Day 2: Use Time to your Advantage

On February 2, 2012 · 5 Comments

There’s nothing more relentless than time.

No matter how much we strive and strain we can’t squeeze that 25th hour into our day or that 8th day into our week. We can’t stop time to avoid an accident or think up a really good comeback. We can’t speed time up when we’re in line at [...]

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Replace your Resolutions with a Plan

On January 23, 2012 · 12 Comments

I’m not a fan of New Year resolutions. Why? Three reasons:

I stink at them. I feel compelled to think them up on the last day of the year, in a post-holiday coma, with no clear plan of how I’m actually going to accomplish them. (Is it any wonder that

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