Slapped By Surprise!

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The small town spinster stands in the spotlight at center stage. Her unruly salt and pepper curls embrace a pudgy, homely face atop a marshmallow body draped in a frumpy dress.
A man in the audience rolls his eyes in disgust and sneers at the woman.
The melody beings and a beautiful voice slices through the [...]

When Perfect Goes Bad

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Type A’s are notorious for setting a high bar and then pushing themselves and everyone else over the edge. This is especially true for Type A’s who have been bitten by the perfect bug.
Have you been bitten by the perfect bug? Check out these 10 signs and symptoms.
1. You believe it’s important [...]

The Two Sides of No

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“No.”
It’s one word capable of turning a top gun Type A talent into a superstar or a flopperoo.
During this ‘Yes’ time of year – with the plethora of holiday parties, gift buying, New Year’s Resolutions, corporate budget cycles, year end bonuses and 2010 strategic action planning – the word ‘no’ becomes even more important and [...]

Stop Internal Type A Waterboarding

“Give me a big order of high expectations and while you’re at it, throw in a double shot of stress topped off with whipped worry and sprinkled with frosted frustration…and make it quick. I’m in a hurry to get some whopper results!”
It happens to Type A’s all the time. Somewhere between high expectations [...]

The Deep, Dark Type A Secret

It’s no secret that high expectations are hard-wired into the DNA of Type A top performers.
After all, you seldom achieve eye-popping results without first setting eye-popping expectations. It’s just common sense. Like peanut butter and jelly, Olympian expectations go hand-in-hand with colossal accomplishments. To land on the moon you must first [...]

A Four Letter Word

Why do you think so many smart and talented Type A superstar athletes fumble their exit from the playing field?
Simple. They can’t wrap their Type A hard-driving, ambitious, competitive minds around “exiting” a game at which they have always excelled. They can’t envision anything fun and exciting for themselves beyond the next [...]