Our short-sidedness is our undoes the change we seek in our lives Read More
Words on Purpose
“The great and glorious masterpiece of men is how to live with a purpose.” – Michel de Montaigne “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” -Eleanor Roosevelt “Living in a way that reflects one’s values is… Read More
Learning to Manage Ourselves
My son had one of those evenings parents just want to let die and fade into the forgetton past. He was tired, unfocused and generally difficult at the end of the day. We tried being stern as well as soft-spoken and understanding. Nothing seemed to work. He was upset, five years old and determined to… 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
The OODA Loop Part 4
As we learned in The OODA Loop Part 1, 2 and 3, the first step in the process we enact every waking moment of our lives is to Observe; the second is to Orient ourselves to our intent, resources, and continuous improvement; and the third is to decide what’s appropriate for our own personal biz.… Read More
The OODA Loop Part 1
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor E. Frankl from brainyquote.com Whether we are aware of it or not, we utilize processes throughout the days of our lives. When we make toast, get the… Read More
Minding Our Leadership Gap
Last time we spoke of feedback through auditing, interviews, and the like. Even going to the doctor is a form of feedback albeit less formal than audits or interviews. However, I know some folks who are just as stressed out by doctors as interviews and audits. We also spoke of the leadership gap between what… Read More
Time Leveraging Our Actions
From Mignon McLaughlin’s The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook, “Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound Interest!” “What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.” Compound interest is the price paid for the use of borrowed money… Read More
Our Behavior Begets Success
I recently had a parent teacher conference. My eight year old daughter is doing well. She improved from the first conference this year. What struck me is a discussion we had with the teacher about behavior. The list of behaviors of behaviors evaluated are: takes pride in work, works independently does neat work positive attitude… Read More
Business of You 