Share ThisA Visionary Approach for Getting More Done with Less Effort
It’s been said that how you do anything is how you do everything. If that’s true, then the improvements you make in the way you do things anywhere will spill over into what you do EVERYWHERE. I decided to play with that logic one weekend when attempting to find an easier, less grueling way…
Ten Tips for Taking the Tyranny Out of Your To Do Lists
My recent post, Don’t Let Your To Do List Keep You From Living Your Best Life, was born of a growing awareness that a fixation on to-do lists and time management systems can actually work against you if you’re not careful. That being said, with or without to-do lists, there is never a shortage…
Don’t Let Your To Do List Keep You From Living Your Best Life
When I used to sit down to eat meals as a kid, I would save the food I loved the most for last. I wanted to get all the other stuff out of the way – those squishy potatoes, the chewy meat, the cooked carrots. What I really wanted to savor was the green beans.…
Extraordinary Results. Less Effort. More Joy.
The other day I came across a piece of paper that brought back a rather unsettling memory of a pivotal conversation I had long ago, about something that was very important to me. I didn’t realize just what an impact it had on me until I stopped to recall it – and consider all the…
Why What Got You Here May Not Get You There – and What to do Instead
Imagine that software you’ve relied on for years stops working for you. You notice your computer has been freezing up a lot and you’ve been experiencing some glitches. At first, it didn’t really bother you. You just made do and went on. But now it’s happening so often that you’re having trouble getting things done.…
Are You Operating from Your Genius or Your Puppet?
Last week I posted a video about the story of Pinocchio and the relevance it has as a metaphor for each of us as leaders. As I mentioned in that video, that story is about much more than a puppet whose nose grew when he lied. It’s the story of a puppet that longs to become…
It’s Time to Live Your Dream
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to life the life which he imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Over the history of time, there have been among us people who dared to dream big and ended up creating something…
How to Find that Peaceful, Easy Feeling (even amidst stress, overwhelm and uncertainty)
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit with a relative who was having an echo cardiogram – which is essentially an ultrasound of the heart. It was an awe-inspiring experience. We’re obviously all familiar with the fact that we have hearts. And that they beat. And that without them, we wouldn’t be alive. But…
Do You Suffer the Curse of Competence? How to Keep it from Stealing Your Success.
Many of us are on the verge of entering new, unchartered territory. Some are having to do that by necessity, as a result of changing circumstances. Others are recognizing – and answering – the call to step out and try something we’ve never done before. Either way, it isn’t easy. Especially if you are accustomed…
What Can Pinocchio Teach You About Navigating Change and Unleashing Your Genius?
As I’ve written in recent posts, change is coming at us right now both from the outside in and the inside out. And change is naturally somewhat disconcerting. But it can also be liberating and empowering – if you use it as a doorway to rediscover you who really are at your core –…
