Category: Goal Setting

A cup of coffee, a notebook, and a pen on a table. "Stop dreaming. Start doing!" is written in the notebook

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Which Do You Believe in Most: The Goal? Or the Obstacle?

What we focus on expands, thoughts held in mind attract in kind, and energy flows where attention goes. Where are your thoughts

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Hot Breath of the Wolf

What drives you? What motivates you? What is your why, your passion, your mission? Most of us are propelled by a mosaic

A notebook with the word "priorities" written and underlined with numbers 1, 2, and 3 written underneath

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To Truly Commit, You Must De-Commit

We are kept from our highest goals by a clearer, easier path to lesser goals. To do great things, we don’t so

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Does Time Own You? Or Do You Control Time?

“There are two fundamental ways to approach time: Either it’s something outside of you that you cannot control, or it’s something within

Illustration of a man facing a set of hurdles in the road that fade into the distance

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Blind to Our Own Greatness: The Roadblocks Within

Falling short of our potential, walking away, no running, galloping from the greatness within each of us. I do it as much

A compass with "core values" written where the needle points north

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A Collection of Values

So, one Sunday eve recently as I was researching for a UF class on Leadership that I present to ExecEd MBAs and

The words "goal", "plan", and "action" written on a chalkboard with checkboxes next to each

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Do You Have a Standard?

Do you hold yourself… and others… accountable? To a high bar? One that calls out to and requires the best of you?

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In Praise of Developmental Discomfort

Developmental discomfort is the ‘awkward zone’ part of significant change, of significant personal and professional growth. Just as a weightlifter needs to

A green sign with white letters that says "Demand Better. Expect More."

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Bar Raising Behavior

Who do you spend your time with? Do they encourage you, inspire you, lift you, challenge you, believe in you? Do they

A person standing within a circle labeled "comfort zone"

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Comfort is a Seductive Adversary

Just as one must strain and push one’s muscles to the limit to grow stronger, so too must you press your mind

A yellow street sign with 3 directions: "Plan", "Action", and "Success" with a blue sky and white clouds in the background

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Next Action Step?

“Next Action Step?” is my favorite way to end a meeting or conversation. A decision without a plan to implement is just