“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.“ –Mark Twain If only some of our leaders could embrace this, our companies and social institutions would be better off. I know countless examples of leaders, managers or peers who want to “get it right” or “make sure they’ve looked at the options.” Wanting to make things better,… Read More
Are you a Victim of your Own Success?
As we go through life we build momentum. Our decisions and actions produce results. Those results may lead to success or failure. When we find failure, we have the opportunity to learn how to do things better and avoid those failings in the future. Provided we learn from our mistakes, we build success on our… Read More
Do You Have Purpose?
I’ve been struggling with purpose of late at work. In my home life, my purpose is clear. We have kids in school and we want to enable them to be successful in the path they choose for their own lives. We talk to our five- and nine-year olds about the options, pros, cons and potential… Read More
Creating Ourselves
Having a vision of our future is establishing a new identity. When we immerse ourselves in the identity we want to become, we start seeing the opportunities that support and create our vision. Having a plan to bring about our new identity is extremely important. It builds a foundation for who we want to be.… Read More
Taking Our Lives
This week I’ve witnessed an interesting constellation of events. I recently reposted a page and linked to pages from the Tarts and Travels blog as examples of managing the biz of you. My wife and I are working with her twin sister and husband on retirement plans and the possible purchase of property. I had… Read More
The Marathon of Life
We are running a marathon all the time yet unaware of it. In a marathon, runners have to learn how to fuel their body correctly, understand there is room at the finish line for everyone, carry as little as possible, enjoy the silence of tuning into one’s body, and let other’s pass you by. Not… Read More
Focusing on the Important Things
Determining what’s important in the moment is a key to the unlocking the door to an enjoyable life. As we mentioned in the last post, importance and urgency can be arranged to form a matrix. This matrix can be used to understand how we need to focus our attention, attitude and actions to create the… Read More
The Fire of Focus
Time may be the fire in which we burn, but our focus is what catches us on fire. Our focus determines our reality. It has the ability to stress us out, feel tranquil or simply be happy. Time is a limited renewable resource provided we wake up every day. How we use our time and… Read More
Profit comes when the job is done right.
“Profit comes when the job is done right.” This idea came up during a discussion with a friend of mine about facilitating a paradigm shift at work. When a company is focused on profit, project centricity becomes primary. This is natural as project management is critical to managing earned value in the quest to maximize… Read More
Who’s Your Leader?
I had the opportunity to attend a Situational Leadership Training course through work this week. The situational leadership model is a leadership theory by Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard. Their theory combines recognition of individuals competence and commitment through four distinct cycles with a task based approach to helping people maximize their potential. The information… Read More
Business of You 