What happens when you don’t “fit” your job?
Do you come home emotionally exhausted from your work 3-4 times each week? Maybe there are large parts of your job that don’t fit you.
If you want to change the world, start by making your bed.
As a student of leadership, I have read and reread Admiral William H. McRaven’s Commencement remarks to UT Austin. Admiral McRaven has been a navy seal for 35 years. He is the ninth commander of US Special Forces. The first of 10 points he makes about how to change the world is to make your bed […]
3 things the kids taught their Mother
In honor of Mother’s Day, I would like to turn the tables and talk about a few things I learned from my kids. I think other Type “A” personalities will resonate with the lessons.
Is the world getting too big or too small?
This week like other weeks, I have been confounded by the messages pouring down on my head from the media. I don’t know what to focus on. I feel like a telescoping camera lens that can’t stop adjusting in and out bouncing from situations that happen a world away to minute trivia from personal life situations.
It is not if….but when
It hit me pretty hard the other day when I heard that a friend from high school had died. Like most of my middle-aged compatriots, I have lost friends and family members along the way.
Did you schedule creativity today?
If you are a leader of a company or organization, my guess is that you are on boards of non-profits, parent teacher organizations, councils for your church or temple, your golf club, your book club, scouting and more. And, why do you do so much?
Examining Patterns in the Internal Conversation
Have you been listening to your internal conversation? I’d be curious to hear what you discovered. One of the things I discovered is that I’m always telling myself to hurry up.
The Internal Conversation
One of my favorite quotes is from Susan Scott’s Fierce Conversations, “All conversations are with myself. Sometimes they include other people.”
What filter are you using today?
If you have ever had a SLR camera, you probably bought a filter for the lens so the skies would be bluer and the contrast would make for more striking pictures.
4th Quarter BizPie Health Challenge
We’re heading into the holiday season and in the blink of an eye the year will be over. Many companies are finalizing their budgets for 2014. A process that highlights just how many promises and goals for 2013 have fallen by the wayside, and now we only have one and a half months left before […]