Swing for the fences, Strike out or Home Run. In a startup, we have to make big plays. We have to have people who feel ownership for the company and who are on the same mission. We need passion and hard work. They have to imagine what is needed before they are needed and whenContinue reading “Swing For the Fail”
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7 Takeaways To Start Advocating For Yourself
Speak up for yourself You’ll never get everything you deserve or everything you want from work. None of us can. You can, however, stop accepting rejection, being walked all over, and not getting the respect that you deserve. Regain your sense of self control by advocating for yourself. Take emotion out of it. This isn’tContinue reading “7 Takeaways To Start Advocating For Yourself”
Quit Spewing Your Emotions All Over People
Quit Spewing Your Emotions All Over People It’s a tough world out there. The business and work world has always been full of stress and difficulties. Challenges abound whether you are at a small business, a startup or a large corporation. Lack of resources, interpersonal politics, more and more expectations – always more work, notContinue reading “Quit Spewing Your Emotions All Over People”
It’s Your Story – Two Steps To Edit Your Behaviors
Start writing a new story. It’s yours, edits as you see fit. We all behave within the confines of how we define ourselves. We do this in all kinds of ways. Our tape is on continual replay. What do you say to yourself? Do you say you are no good at math? Are you callingContinue reading “It’s Your Story – Two Steps To Edit Your Behaviors”
5 Steps To Embrace Failure
I failed. That’s really dramatic and accurate. More accurate is that I failed to write and publish a blog every day. I missed yesterday. And while I don’t like failing- I absolutely #@$%^& hate it – it was also inevitable. I’m working on building a habit of writing and publishing every day. Writing with qualityContinue reading “5 Steps To Embrace Failure”
Bored Brains Don’t Develop
Companies are spending a lot of money on learning and development. Jamming content down everyone’s throat. Getting excited about new systems and programs. There is always a new book to read, a new program to introduce, a new way of doing things to get certified in. Yet, for all the money spent and effort putContinue reading “Bored Brains Don’t Develop”
How Do We Keep Going, When We Are Programmed to Stop
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”
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”
No More Fitting In
In school, I sucked at art. Not like people casually say, I wasn’t any good at math or science or hitting a baseball. Teachers confirmed it by failing me in art. There it was a fact, I sucked. It didn’t matter how much time I put in. They didn’t like my work. Some accused meContinue reading “No More Fitting In”
Vomiting My Way To Success
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin It may be an overstatement, but not by much, to say that most everything worthwhile that I’ve accomplished in this world came from my pushing through fear and finding my courage to do something that I’m afraid of. For instance, I’ve always been afraidContinue reading “Vomiting My Way To Success”
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