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 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…
My Wife clues me into some excellent sources of inspiration. Tonight she had me watch Oprah’s interview with Pharell Williams. For those of you that don’t think you know him you have probably danced to his song Happy. At one point his music company was a part of 40 percent…
I often read varying points of view on balance. Some say balance is the key to a happy fulfilled life. Others say that if you are balanced you can’t achieve. I believe you can have both. But if you follow the formula below, you will not achieve a static balance.…
I have quit smoking at least 30 times. It has now been 8 years since I had a cigarette. We all talk about integrity. I’ll bet it is part of your organizations mission statement. In fact I’ll bet you
will jump through hoops, work late and pull out all the stops to deliver on a promise you’ve made to someone. But what about the promise you made to yourself?
• I’ll exercise three times per week
• I’ll quit eating sugar (wheat, corn, processed foods, meat, you name it)
• …
I don’t feel like it
It is that time of year and everyone is making Resolutions. The gym will be crazy busy for about six weeks and then only the gym rats will remain. A study at the University of Bristol says 88% of
the resolutions made fail. WHY?
My own observation is that people create a bunch of resolutions they feel they SHOULD make. (And let’s be honest we all have something we could improve upon). That said they get started …
