5 Tips from Winston Churchill to Overcome Any Storm
There have been too many bad days for so many … probably a bad week … even a few bad weeks in a row!How do you handle it if you…
Dad | The Prizefighter & The Preacher
I've written several columns about Mom, but what about Dad? Dads never get any credit, yet they offer unique insights into the world and how we should live.
It’s Not Easy to Count What Matters
Keep this quote top of mind as you evaluate talent and set benchmarks for your individual and organizational success. Don’t make the mistake of defaulting to the easily measurable variables.
The Power in a Blank Sheet of Paper
Most of the time when we sit down to work, maybe in our favorite chair, we have a stack of papers or files and a list of some kind.
We then proceed to “work” as we’ve always defined it … plow through the stack and “get ‘er done”.
Try a different approach
This time, sit downt with blank sheet of paper, as I did again this morning. Nothing else.
Then, just sit back and noodle on the issues that are clogging your brain and keeping you up at night. … with NO preconceived notions about them. Remember, you paper is blank so far.
You’ll be amazed at how your mind starts to do it’s favorite thing … and the thing it does best … adding some intellectual firepower to solving problems.
Give your brain some space to work
Our brain is not really that good at filing, sorting, recording and remembering what we need at the precise moment we need it. (more…)
What’s the Hallmark of Superior Performance? Focus?
By any other name, FOCUS is the one thing we all struggle with. There is too much to do, too much coming at us and we want it all. We…