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We all go the same distance in life…
We all go the same distance in life, it’s just that some of us go in circles. And if circles is what you want, that’s…
May 1, 200830 Methods of Influence
Listed here are Thirty Methods of Influence from Stephen R. Covey’s “Principle-Centered Leadership,” (Simon & Schuster, pp. 119-128). I could easily write a blog on…
April 28, 2008Everyone who works for me is a volunteer
Everyone who works for me is a volunteer. Provocative statement, yes? I do not mean to say we don’t pay them. We do! It’s just…
April 25, 2008Things turn out the best for those who make the best of how things turn out!
You often cannot impact the cards you are dealt in life but you can choose how you play those cards. Having that knowledge and then…
April 24, 2008“I am the one I’ve been waiting for…”
Every now and again I find that I’m waiting for something or someone to come along and resolve something or make something happen. This desire…
April 22, 2008“The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking”
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and…
April 18, 2008Never Major in Minor Things
The New York Times recently reported “In a magazine article seven years ago, the chief executive of the Journal Register Company, the publicly traded newspaper…
April 14, 2008I am a “good” finder
I am a good finder: I look for the best in everything and everyone. This is one of my favorite affirmations, part of my personal…
April 10, 2008Creating Value vs. Transferring Value
As a business person it is my goal to create value. Value is created when the whole is more than the sum of the parts,…
April 9, 2008The Power of Letting Go
Sometimes we sabotage ourselves by not letting go of things that we should. We hold onto patterns or emotions or habits or thoughts long after…
March 28, 2008Perils of Perfectionism
Perfect and excellent are not synonymous. Neither are success and perfect the same. LSU became national college football champions, a hallmark of both excellence and…
March 21, 2008