4 Rules to Remember Before You Follow Your Bliss
It’s been a more than couple of decades now, since the world was introduced to a novel concept: ‘do what you love and the money will follow.’ How liberating! Finally, permission to leave your hum drum job, bad company, rotten manager and follow your bliss. Actually strike out on your own, do something you’ve always […]
Worth the Risk
The other day, I ran into an old friend I hadn’t seen in a few years. He had been working hard, trying to get his business going to the point where he would have enough long term clients, he wouldn’t have to worry from month to month on how to pay the bills and have […]
Putting Profit in Context
Context is a wonderful word. Simply defined it means the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, that allow us to better understand it’ s true meaning. That said, we understand that the words we choose may mean different meanings, based on context. Talk about profit and most people automatically think about […]
But Do They Trust You?
You don’t know it all and you’re not ashamed to admit it. That’s good. It provides you with both opportunity, and a decided advantage over those leaders who claim to know it all. They don’t, you know. They just have ego problems. You don’t. You remain humble. You know the way to succeed is to […]
The Art of Procrastination
Fess up. At some point, and for better or for worse, procrastination has played a role in everyone’s life. Even yours. It’s one of those things a lot of us have gotten used to and even taken for granted. It may even give us a false sense of comfort. Who hasn’t said, ‘I’ll wait for […]
Strategy: Why Any Road Won’t Do
‘If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.’ – Lewis Carroll That little quote from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ speaks directly to the heart of why having a sound business strategy is the most important element on your road to success. After all, you need to know where […]
How Being Vulnerable Creates Strong Leaders
As children, we believed our superheroes were invulnerable. As adults, we think our leaders are. Made of steel. Larger than life. Superheroes that can do no wrong. But these are just perceptions, and not reality. Our superheroes were vulnerable. They had flaws: Superman’s powers were no match for kryptonite, which rendered him […]
Stress Out Much?
“Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven’t fallen asleep yet.” – Anonymous Business and stress go hand in hand. In small doses, it’s manageable, and in fact has even be shown to be healthy. It makes us sharper and more productive. But like everything else, too much and […]
How Perspective Affects Our Realities and Our Outcomes
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein We’ve become a society raised on convenience, expediency and expected outcomes. That applies both to our businesses and in our personal lives. While it’s nifty to have information at our fingertips, we’ve forgotten […]
Better Listening for Better Conversations
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” -Stephen Covey We know the old saying, ‘Always Be Selling,’ but we also know that key to that is active listening. We’re taught how to do that. We know the steps. We ask questions. We […]