We spend a lot of time asking how to get started. How to begin action. To make something happen. Build a business. Get a new job. Change our lives. We don’t really ask how do we keep going? There is this idea that if you want it bad enough – you’ll keep going. There isContinue reading “How Do We Keep Going, When We Are Programmed to Stop”
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Miserably Failing Excellently
I’ve always been fascinated and motivated by the idea of striving for excellence. But I’ve been doing it all wrong. And have failed miserably. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ” – Aristotle paraphrased by Will Durant This quote has been a major building block forContinue reading “Miserably Failing Excellently”
Grow Yourself : Cut Away The Excess Fat In Your Life
We each have an opportunity right now and a choice to make. Do we let this thing happen to us? Or do we do something with this? Are we a victim to this thing? Are we only trying to endure it? Or are we the CEO of our lives. The owners who decide what toContinue reading “Grow Yourself : Cut Away The Excess Fat In Your Life”
Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea
I’m pissing some people off. I mean, really making some people banging on their keyboards mad. Not intentionally. Or rather, I don’t do what I do with the desire to make others mad. But, wow, do some people have some anger issues. And others, are really invested in seeing someone fail. My first reaction whenContinue reading “Not Everyone’s Cup of Tea”
We Set A Low Bar For Leadership
Stop calling managers leaders if they can’t manage themselves. It’s crazy that we are so badly in need of leadership that we have lowered our standards to such an incredible degree. Look at what passes for leadership now days. We throw around that word so much and it is such an easy badge to beContinue reading “We Set A Low Bar For Leadership”
How to Be Productive, Never Busy
Action expresses priorities. – Mahantma Gandhi Be productive – Never Busy. You always have time for things you put first. Time is the great equalizer. We all have the same amount of it each day. It is how we use it. Getting the most out of our time spent requires some organization and productivity. ToContinue reading “How to Be Productive, Never Busy”
Fight Mediocrity : Strive for Excellence
Excellence is the gradual results of always striving to do better. Pat Riley We strive for excellence. We drive for excellence. We seek excellence from ourselves. We surround ourselves with excellence. It is a way of thinking and believing. It is not a destination. It has nothing to do with perfection or being perfect. InContinue reading “Fight Mediocrity : Strive for Excellence”
Relentless Action : Never Give Up, Never surrender
The distance between dreams and reality is called action. In pursuit of your dreams, those big goals you have, you must be unrelenting in making consistent movement forward. Never give up. Never surrender. You’re allowed to scream, you’re allowed to cry but do not give up. You’ve made the choice. This is what you needContinue reading “Relentless Action : Never Give Up, Never surrender”
Sincere Connections Through Building Rapport
You want others to care about your message or what you are trying to accomplish, you must build rapport. Fat chance persuading or influencing others without it. And frankly nearly everything you do is about your message or what you are trying to accomplish. There is little we can get done on our own. SoContinue reading “Sincere Connections Through Building Rapport”
Driving in circles :Are you Busy being Busy, or are you truly Action Oriented?
Look closely and you will see an ugly little truth that no one really wants you to see. Those who are always busy, they expect you to be busy, are competing with who is the busiest, and are judging you if you aren’t running as fast and hard as they are. They don’t want youContinue reading “Driving in circles :Are you Busy being Busy, or are you truly Action Oriented?”
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