Category Archives: Leadership

I recently went swimming with my kids in some cold river water beds in Oklahoma. My boys are 5 and 3. They trust daddy. It is funny swimming in a river. The current is deceiving. My boys are learning to swim, but they are not that great. Instead, they get on my back and relyContinue reading “Whose Load Is It?”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle Your ability or inability to make a decision or do something worthwhile is not an accident. It is a result of who you have been becoming. The seesaw of your habits lies in whether you weight your lifeContinue reading “How Is Your Seesaw Tipped?”

If you try hard things, it will be hard. Growing your business means growing yourself. We don’t grow because we are afraid to fail. Consider the definition of failure from John Burroughs: “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” Refuse to fail. You willContinue reading “The Temptation to Fail”

Want to have an edge in business? Learn to cut through complexity. We live in an era of work that is invigorating. We have more information on a daily basis than ever. Knowledge is no longer what enables a competetive advantage. Know-how is. Know-how is the innate ability of leaders to understand how to dissectContinue reading “Cutting Through Complexity”

Pursuing your passion is a dangerous venture. It usually requires a determination to break from the gravity of self-imposed fear and doubts. It also means dealing with the the critics. Pioneer new ground and you will see them appear out of the woodwork. However, the true winner knows these forces of adversity will come withContinue reading “Reward Only Please”

“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle The other is as though everything is a miracle.” –Albert Einstein “I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.” – A Berlin Diary In my business coaching with clients, I enjoy helping people think.Continue reading “Thinking”

“The ultimate test of leadership is not the polls you take, but the risks you take. In the short run, some risks prove overwhelming. Political courage can be self-defeating. But the greatest defeat of all would be to live without courage, for that would hardly be living at all.” – Gerald Ford Gerald Ford passedContinue reading “Leadership by Risk”

One thing is for certain – we will all have crises in our lives. Unless we cocoon ourselves into an existence of pure safety, the challenges of life and business will touch us. Often times we forget that we are paid as professionals to solve the problems that confront us. The problems are what feedContinue reading “Shortsighted Panic”

Think about the year 1996. 10 years ago, what were you doing? Did you use your cell phone nearly as much, if you had one? How about email? What about a web site? Or online banking? Now think about the year 2016. What do you believe will be different? Too often people are focused onContinue reading “Your Agility and Your Ability”