No matter how much power, influence, or money you have, you cannot purchase more time. It is the great equalizer and a consistent challenge for both my individual and team clients. “If we just had more time…” or “It is just overwhelming with all that I have to do and I don’t seem to have enough time…” It is about both creating more time and energy to efficiently use that time. Here are a few of the most impactful practices […]
How do you increase your level of thriving with on-line tools to serve you, rather than suck your time away? How much time do you spend on line? If you are anything like me, I suspect it is a lot. There is a philosophical debate about whether all this time with the internet is good or bad for us. I really like Howard Rheingold’s answer: “It depends on how much we know about how to use these media effectively, intelligently, mindfully, […]
“I am inspired by what you are doing!” and “I don’t understand what you are doing!” are both reactions to my choice of path to leave (or more recently turn down) a large corporate job and run my own business. The path of the corporate job and the path of entrepreneur both have their positives and negatives and there is no one right path. It is so important to listen to your internalGPS and take the path that is […]
In this post just published: Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: Choice and Motivation, I had a broken link to the Harvard Business Review article, “Increase Your Team’s Motivation Five Fold” by Scott Keller. It is such a well written article and so important for thriving that I took the risk of bothering you with another e-mail and re-publishing with the correct link. Take a moment to click on the link here (or I also linked it on the article name). […]
“When we choose for ourselves, we are far more committed to the outcome – by a factor of five to one.” This is from a Harvard Business Review article by Scott Keller (linked via the quote). He references a research project that had some participants pick their own lottery tickets and then ask if they would sell them versus others who had randomly picked numbers. Consistently, those that picked their own numbers asked for five times the price. This […]
My first thought in seeing this outside my front door, “Oh what a mess…” A split second later I thought, “But the purple color is so nice…” and then my mind rambled on with back and forth thoughts on whether it was a mess or beautiful. Why am I sharing this? Because your mind produces thousands of thoughts per day and those thoughts of yours can serve you or play havoc with your internalGPS. I went looking for some […]
“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s heaven for?” – Robert Browning “Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” – George Orwell These quotes seem to conflict with each other, if I am reaching for more beyond my grasp then how can I have happiness in acceptance? Accepting both of these ideas together in harmony is the trick that will propel you to new levels of success in your work and/or personal life. Years ago, I had a […]
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle It all starts inside your head, and note that this is just the start of how you can be a powerful driver in your business and life. If you stay there is it like programming the GPS in your car and never leaving the driveway. Why start inside? It is an important place to start because your experiences, beliefs and thoughts are filters that everything must go through. There […]
Last week (linked below if you missed it) was the third of four posts on how to create your own luck. It was all about how to use Curiosity, Competence and Caring to create your own luck. This week is Kindness and Knowledge. This “L U C K” acronym is a fun way to remember them! Kindness This is important for both how you treat other people and yourself. Many of my clients work with me on converting their […]
Last week (linked if you missed it) was the second of four posts on how to create your own luck. It was all about how to use Understanding, Uniqueness, and Utilization to create your own luck. This week is how to use Curiosity, Competence and Caring. This “L U C K” acronym is a fun way to remember them! Curiosity Cultivating your curiosity brings luck in so many areas. When you step back and look at challenges with a curious […]
