Here are 7 ways to define success that are guaranteed to make you feel like crap: Your bank balance. How fancy your car is. How fancy your house is. How fancy your clothes are. The shape of your body. How other people see you. How popular you are. Here is a definition of success that, […]
Leadership
“It Is What It Is”: How To Handle Problems
The first step to solving a problem is: acknowledge you have one. Life is full of stuff we don’t like. Car accidents, business bankruptcies, illness, divorce, war, crime. Being in business carries its own seemingly endless catalog of potential problems (yeah, I call ’em problems and not “challenges”… because they are problems. Keep reading. All […]
When To Question Someone Else’s Motives
My answer: never. Here’s why… Disputes of almost any kind always seem to devolve when one party questions the motives of another party. The funny thing is, it’s virtually impossible to know for certain someone else’s motive for any given action or statement. “Thought experiment” to see if I’m right: the next time you think […]
How To Begin Again In 2010
It’s 2010. New Year. New possibilities. Many of us will be making resolutions today for the new year — and many of us have already made those resolutions. And for most people, those resolutions will be broken before the calendar changes to February. But that doesn’t have to be the case for you. Knowing that […]
3 Things To Consider
These are worth thinking about as we enter the New Year. The transmission of information does not equal the creation of understanding. More time does not usually create better decisions. The message you are preaching is not nearly as persuasive as the message you are living.