I have been participating in a study with Marshall Goldsmith over the last few weeks. In it I get a set of 7 questions. They were questions like: Did you do your best to have positive interactions with others today? Did you do your best to set clear and specific…
I was driving home from Toastmasters the other night and talking with my wife when she said what is it that keeps you going back after twelve years? The word Love sprang to mind. You see in my home club there is no doubt that every one there is there…
If you are like me you have lots of people you know telling you how busy they are and how they don’t have enough time in the day. I have one friend who will take 20 minutes to tell me about the snow storm, the traffic, the supervisor at work…
I have been giving a lot of thought recently to the role of intentions in business. I believe they are one of the keys to our long-term success. Most companies are started with an intention to deliver something better or to solve a problem that has not been solved. As…
The purpose of this blog is to help you on your journey from strive to Thrive. While the name may seem long, it captures the essence that there are things that are hard to measure – culture, values, attitudes – yet they make a measurable, and immeasurable, difference in life and results.
I have come to an interesting perspective on failure; at least interesting to me. A few years ago I met a friend who signed his emails “Fail Fast”. Intellectually I got it; Edison had a number of failures (experiments) until he got to his light bulb. But…we get a lot…
