I heard it enough times I finally did it. If you’ve heard when you want something, write it down, it works. If you’ve heard that once it’s written you should put it in front of you where you’ll see it every day and consciously or unconsciously you will register it, recognize it and be working on it, and thought, yeah, but…I have…
Have you ever had an experience where it seems time stopped? I know you have. This is the experience of being fully present. Does it happen often in your world? If not, it’s time to pause. Who gets 100% of you? You know, 100% of your undivided attention. Yep, 100%. UN-divided. If you’re searching for an answer, if any guilt showed up with the…
Why Did I Do It That Way? August is a great time of year. It’s always been the month for school shopping, last vacations, enjoying the long, hot, dog days of summer and the State Fair. When the State Fair is over, it symbolizes the end to the summer in my world. Only this year, there is no State Fair, and school’s a mess, and the…
Email. It can be the bane of our existence, but it’s necessary, right? Or is it? In the past year, I’ve diminished my email significantly. How? Here’s what I did: I took part of a Sunday and did a massive overhaul while clearing my inbox. I had to repeat this a second time because it got away from me, so…
An unenforced rule is not a rule; it’s a suggestion. Keith Cunningham If you’re a leader who desires to create a thriving culture, you must enforce consequences. With growth, we need more structure, and structure creates freedom. That’s right, when you know what the rules are, you can play the game. If you think you’re playing basketball, you’ll wear a…
40%. For whatever reason, that number feels significant. While I’m not quite halfway, I’m close and haven’t missed a day, so I believe it will happen – reaching 1,000 daily blog posts as challenged by Seth Godin. 2020 has certainly provided quite a number of topics to write about, and, the very nature of change this year offered many process changes, including to my…
You’ll get what you tolerate. At a recent QCE (Quarterly Collaborative Exchange) meeting for EOS, several people referred to this concept. There are many people this quote is attributed to including Mike Ditka and Henry Cloud. When you consider it literally, it renders you entirely responsible for how people treat you. Freedom resides in this kind of responsibility. If you’re ready for change,…
It seems as if people are searching for what they can do to affect change these days. I have these 7 Steps to Happiness printed from @happinessinyourlife.com and they seem to be a terrific beginning for us all: Think less.Feel more. Frown less. Smile more. Talk less. Listen more. Judge less.Accept more. Watch less.Do more. Complain less. Appreciate more. Fear less. Love more. Oh,…
What if your current work situation held through the end of 2021? That’s how I’m thinking these days. When I consider what would offer more possibilities for optimal options for our clients as well as opportunities to work from home, many possibilities exist to maximize success for our clients, team and each other. We are investigating redesigning our offices, removing walls and creating space. This…
How much time do you need? What if you began every endeavor with this question? Without knowing the details or being able to assess what you believe is a reasonable amount of time, how would that change the amount of time you’d allow for certain activities? When I used to work with leadership teams, I asked this question before I told the group…