Busy, busy, busy. Seems everyone nowadays is busier than ever. Constantly running around, shuttling kids here and there, tweeting this, posting that. A distracted life that, if we’re not careful, can end up resembling what Shakespeare penned, “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” I was almost that selfsame…
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To quote Napoleon Hill: “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” If the world ever learned to truly believe this, we would see the end of poverty, hunger, workplace discontent, broken relationships, and a host of other ills. But we don’t believe it. We doubt, we hesitate, we second-guess ourselves….
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One of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself as a working professional is learning how to manage client expectations. Because few things cause as much grief, heartache, and lost productivity to your workday as a disappointed client on the rampage. Disappointment can be defined as expectations unfulfilled. The client thinks it is one…
Continue reading →My first thought when I read this was ‘Yah, it’s called the internet.’ Done. Easiest blog post ever. But as I thought on it more and more over the coming days—I typically write about the previous Friday’s fortune—something deeper and more affirming, on two levels, came to me. Level 1: I have access to all…
Continue reading →This past Sunday, I attended a class at my church. During the course of the lesson, the principle of courage was discussed. And as I sat there looking at the word, I had a cool “A-ha” moment. Thanks goes out to Mrs. Needham, my eleventh grade French teacher, for this insight. Courage. Cour-age. In my…
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