Yearly Archives: 2010

Ignite Your internalGPS With Different Perspectives

On Oct 15th I went to see my first “Ignite Phoenix” event, it is their 8th production here in the valley. The evening consists of 18 different people presenting their ideas in 5-minute presentations with 20 slides that automatically change every 30 seconds. It was quite entertaining and inspirational. The event is put on by the Phoenix Innovation Foundation, “a non-profit organization that provides educational and community building events in the Phoenix metropolitan area. A small team of volunteers […]

Using Your internalGPS to Exercise Your Courage 2

As a 22-year old fresh out of college I had to give presentations to mostly male, many with military backgrounds, most twice my age, audiences at the Motorola Government Group. My knees were knocking and I thought my heart was going to pound out of my chest. A kind colleague suggested Toastmasters. It was a life saver. The repetitive “thinking on your feet” skill practice helped me with my speaking and in my work for the rest of my […]

Using Your internalGPS To Be Your Best You

I was just telling a client of mine to be herself for an upcoming interview and then I saw this great post from Chris Brogan (linked here). When something resonates a few times during the week I figure it is worth sharing. Why Not You? It is often alluring to mimic or imitate someone else who appears to be doing well and has “got it going on” when you don’t know what to do or feel a lack of […]

Endurance & Big Destinations

“Let us show, not merely in great crisis, but in every day affairs of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.” –  Theodore Roosevelt This past weekend I was doing some office organizing and came across this quote that I wrote down years ago. One of my hobbies is collecting quotes; please send me your favorites in a comment. It seems we are in the midst […]

Minimizing Obstacles on Your Path to Success

Let’s face it, obstacles happen. How you deal with and plan for those obstacles is what sets you or your business apart from the competition. Imagine this scenario, you are having a great morning, all goes well at home and you sail through the morning commute and arrive at your office. You are greeted with this message, “Our supplier’s Asian facility burnt down last night and all of our prototypes are destroyed; I don’t have any additional information but […]

Creating More Time For Navigating to Success 6

“I am so busy that I even had to cut out my exercise time.” My client was stressed. She is not alone. Most of my clients, at one point or another, have challenges with too much to do and too little time. Time is our most precious commodity and the ultimate equalizer. No one can buy more time but you can differentiate yourself significantly through your management of this limited resource. How do you create more time? First identify […]

Strong Communities for Success

After my time in Bali observing their strong communities (see prior post linked here) I realized that I have several very strong communities that show up in different ways. This past week I celebrated a year anniversary with a group that formed from a seminar that we all took last summer. We are all very different and yet the same. We all have a strong desire to keep growing, learning, and living fully. I am not always successful at […]

Programming Strategy & Tactics In Your internalGPS

“Let’s have a meeting to discuss our strategy” was the response to a question about how we were going to proceed with a big supplier negotiation. Ugh, another meeting to try and cram into our busy schedules. Why can’t we just move forward? “Why are we using this supplier again in this design? They have inconsistent quality and a terrible delivery record!” A design was completed with no connection to the strategy to exit the supplier. Why was the […]

Quitting or Sticking Using Your internalGPS 2

On my recent adventure to Bali we had a planned bike ride in the mountains. It was a beautiful sunny morning and even a bit cool in the mountain breeze. We put on our helmets and did a little test ride; it has been way too long since I had to shift gears on a bike. As it turns out that was not the problem; the squeezing of the brakes was the challenge. It was nice to go down […]

Using your internalGPS for Strong Connections 7

Researchers have shown that one of the best ways to assure long term happiness on your road to success is to cultivate strong social connections.  I was reminded of this multiple times on my recent trip to Bali.  The culture there is extremely connected; they all work together as a village to manage their community and orchestrate elaborate ceremonies for their Balinese version of Hinduism.   Their daily activities all revolve around their rituals and supporting each other. Each day […]