Are you using deadlines to your advantage? Deadlines Create Action! Do you create deadlines for your goals? Sure the idea of deadlines might initially strike fear and stress in your mind. Your mind may wander to pulling overnighters in order to finish a paper and turn it in on time, but the truth is deadlines […]
Stop Investing in Education
Start Investing in the Application of the knowledge you already possess. Many of you have already heard me talk about this topic and know this will be my platform for the upcoming year. Some of you have even been engaged in conversations with me or others about how our educational system and society at large […]
Desiderata
By Max Ehrmann Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and […]
Skills for Success: 11 tips to becoming a better listener
Being an effective listener Being an effective listener is one of the most important life skills you can master in order to advance your career, build a successful business and build meaningful relationships. Most people believe they are good listeners because they have been doing it their entire life, but mastering the skills of listening […]
Take responsibility for how you feel.
Want to Feel Better? Take 100% Accountability for You Have you ever heard somebody blame somebody else for how they are feeling? “She keeps pushing my buttons.” “I am pissed off cuz this guy totally cut me off and made me spill my coffee.” Do you ever hear things like that from the people around […]
Create the Zone : 100 Day Challenge
There are only 100 days left this year. How are you doing on your goals? Are you prepared to Finish strong? No? Why not? I know life has a way of complicating things. “The best laid plans…” often go awry as the saying goes. But I have created a program just for you dear reader. […]
Get out of here!
This morning I spent some time meeting new people and talking with other business owners. I am reading the book The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz and came across a very common theme for success books: spend time with other people. I rearranged my morning schedule so I could attend my local chamber’s […]
6 Life Coaching Questions That Will Change Your Life
Asking Powerful Questions is my Job My job as a coach is to ask powerful questions. I’ve discovered that asking the right question is probably the most critical skill you can have when coaching clients. We often push ourselves into confusion and despair…and can’t figure a way out of the “mental clutter” we’re in because we’re asking […]
Paving the Road to Success
Failure: Dealing with failure is a key leadership skill. Losing better than winning? A leader needs to develop a good sense of recognizing failure and turning it into a learning experience. Failure does not have to be a big deal, but most people’s natural tendencies are the opposite of what needs to happen in order […]
Evaluating – The key to good course correction
Evaluating When You are Off Course I’m sure you have heard the how the Apollo rocket is off course about 97% of the time on it’s way to the moon. You see the computerized guidance system is designed so that it is constantly assessing where it is in relationship to it’s final destination, and then […]
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