I love simple solutions and simple ways of doing things. Our brains love simplicity. Here are some of my favorite powerful yet simple strategies for improving the quality of our complex work and home lives to navigate to success: Put things you use every day in the same place every time. Keys, eyeglasses, phone. Designate a location at home and work. If you are a woman this may mean the same place in your purse for easy location. Be […]
How quickly you can recover and even grow from a set-back will make a big difference in your ability to navigate to success. The good news is that there are actions you can take to significantly improve your resilience. If you’re thinking that all is well and you have no need to read further, consider that the best time to build your resilience is when everything is going well. Let’s face it, on the path to success there will […]
The creative process of generating new ideas has had a lot of focus in the business world over the past decade and for good reason. The more competition the more differentiation needed through creativity and innovation. Our internet world gives us an amazing flow of information and data for generating ideas. We can become buried in ideas and enlightened by new knowledge that will go nowhere if we don’t tie them to some actions. Or worse yet, become completely […]
Did you realize that today is the day to march forth with your actions to make your goals, visions and dreams come true? This is the first march forth holiday that I have realized exists and it has been happening every year since calendars and the English language were invented! It is a small thing but it brings me joy to make this new discovery. Let’s celebrate this day with some tools and ideas to navigate and march forth […]
What are your favorite tools for staying motivated and focused? It is dangerous to depend solely on our will to stay focused on our business goals and dreams. We need tools to remind us and keep our will strong and focused for success. Recently, I discovered a new tool for focus that is somewhat unorthodox and may not be for you but I like it and am going to try it for awhile and see how it goes (listed […]
Your imagination has a lot of power. Try this right now: imagine a bright yellow fresh lemon. Got it? Cut it in half and lift one juicy half to your mouth. If you are really imagining this then your mouth will produce additional saliva, guaranteed. Who cares about more saliva? Well, this is a fun little demonstration of your power to imagine and create a physical reaction based purely on thoughts. We do this all the time without thinking […]
You’ve read about listening and its’ many virtues in several of my posts so I figured it was time to give speaking up some focus. Not long after I joined the General Manager’s staff at my last corporate job one of my peers said, “You jumped right in and didn’t just sit there like some of the people on our staff do!” He may have regretted these words later when I disagreed with him but I think he appreciated […]
Ok, it is impossible to ignore the pile of torn up cardboard, paper, and broken glass in the middle of the kitchen floor from the dog’s rebelliousness while you were out (this was my afternoon today). But you can clean it up quickly and then focus on more productive actions. Or you can rant and rave about it for awhile and let it ruin your mood for the rest of the day. It is a choice. Choose to take […]
How are your relationships? Both business and personal connections play a key role in navigating to success with less stress. I credit my success at moving up the corporate ladder with cultivating strong connections as much or more as my working hard to perform well. You can be the best at what you do and yet be unsuccessful due to your lack of strong relationships. Having a healthy social life with strong connections has also been shown to have a direct correlation […]
Time is the commodity that can not be purchased and once it is gone it is gone forever. Managing this precious commodity has a significant impact on navigating to success in both the short and long term. Here are some of my coaching tips for managing this precious commodity: Schedule “thinking” time. Scheduling time on your calendar for strategic thinking and/or important tasks (as if they are meetings with an important client or your boss) will improve your overall […]
