The Importance of Clarifying Your Intent

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All I want your listeners to do is stop saying whatever. So geez, that's like three or four a minute of consciousness. Yeah. Well, I interviewed leaders as well as men and women on the street. And what I found is that there's a simple solution for caring with the whatever's. If someone says whatever to you, I've discovered that effective people in their jobs say, you know, tell me what that means.

Richard Moran makes the compelling case for why we should take the small decisions in life more seriously.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) One word to purge from your vocabulary.

2) The simple trick that makes making decisions easier.

3) How to use your gut effectively.

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— ABOUT RICHARD —

Richard A. Moran is a Silicon Valley-based business leader, workplace pundit, bestselling author, venture capitalist, former CEO and college president. He is best known for his series of humorous business books beginning with the bestselling, Never Confuse a Memo with Reality, and is credited with starting the genre of “Business Bullet Books.”

His body of work includes 10 books about using commonsense in business. He is the host of the CBS syndicated radio program, “In the Workplace.” Rich has appeared on CNN, NPR, and most major media outlets. He continues to work with organizations to help them make better decisions and is an "influencer" on LinkedIn where he is a regular contributor.

• Book: Never Say Whatever: How Small Decisions Make a Big Difference

• Website: RichardMoran.com

• LinkedIn: Richard A. Moran

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Mindless Eating: The 200 Daily Food Decisions We Overlook” by Brian Wansink and Jeffrey Sobal

• Book: This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

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