A recent Runner’s World article featured interviews with CEO’s of major corporations. These are guys under immense pressure from their responsibilities. The temptation they all have in times past has been to work harder and longer. However, over time they realized they were hitting walls usually in health or sanity. They started doing the counterintuitiveContinue reading “Increasing Capacity”
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Custom Productivity
Some of us are highly focused people. Others are scattered. Some like music in the background when working. Others need quiet. Some people need a desk. Others feel more comfortable on the floor. We are each wired differently and some of the form factors around us help us thrive or get stressed out. In caseContinue reading “Custom Productivity”
Remarkable is in the Rear View Mirror
Seth Godin stated in Purple Cow, “Remarkable is not in the eyes of the marketer. It doesn’t matter one bit how hard you worked on something or how cool you think it is. It’s up to the consumer. If the consumer thinks it’s worth remarking about, then you’ve got a purple cow.” For those thatContinue reading “Remarkable is in the Rear View Mirror”
What Do You Want to Be CAPABLE Of?
That is the question to ask. It is not, what will provide for me? Or what gains me prestige? Or what can I accomplish? These are all limiting questions. How do you expand yourself…yes, you as a man or woman walking this earth for a finite period of time till dust reclaims you? Todd Skinner’sContinue reading “What Do You Want to Be CAPABLE Of?”
Criticism is Not Failing
Seth Godin states in Purple Cow that, “We’ve been raised with a false belief: We mistakenly believe that criticism leads to failure.” I agree with Godin’s assessment. Look at the winner’s around you who are novel in their approach to business and life. They handle criticism as part of their learning. There is only winningContinue reading “Criticism is Not Failing”
Fail Fast!
In Beyond the Summit Todd Skinner states, “To cross difficult terrain, you often have to make the wrong choice to discover the right choice. So it isn’t the fall that’s important, it’s what you do after the fall.” Many people I have come across equate falling to failing. The fear of messing up or notContinue reading “Fail Fast!”
Function Follows Form
Had you ever noticed that if you set things up a certain way you are more apt to do them? We are creatures of inertia. By this I mean that it is easier for us to stay in motion or do the lowest resistance activity in the area or space we are engaged in. IfContinue reading “Function Follows Form”
Knowledge Gain For Personal Growth
I like the statement from John Maxwell I found in Tim Sanders’ Love is the Killer App: “You only gain knowledge from two sources: the people you know and the books you read.” How true this is. We get real substantive and life-giving information from our learnings and our networks. Charlie Jones stated, “The onlyContinue reading “Knowledge Gain For Personal Growth”
