Your Loosely Organized Career
Sometimes we underplan our career. We float, wander, take the first offered opportunity, then take the next offered opportunity, etc. We end up feeling lost …
Uplift
It seems so easy to oppose. When we encounter a situation we don’t like, we just say no and we’re done. The problem is that …
One Good Way to Respond to Bad Things Happening
Positive responses to life help and negative responses harm. When bad things happen, it makes sense look for positive ways. Of course, many ways that …
Getting Stuff Done: Why We Fail
Let’s face it. Getting and remaining in that state of calm excitement— of being on top of things–is tough. We want a trusted, enduring way …
It’s like turning your head
Evolutionary neurologists have a good explanation for our habit of focusing mostly on the negative, the problems, what is wrong. They explain how we inherited …
Solving the Unsolved
“If we want to solve a problem that we have never solved before, we must leave the door to the unknown ajar.” — Richard Feynman …
Quick Return to Calm Excitement
When we have let our Effectiveness System lapse or if we never really got it started, we need a way to launch ourselves toward the …
Calm Excitement
The goal of an Effectiveness System is to have a tool that can help you maintain a state of calm excitement. ‘Calm’ because you are …
Be The One
While being the one with the answers can be useful, being the one who galvanizes everyone around an idea or direction– even if you are …
Is your marketing “meh” or magic?
Marketing “meh” is a website or other medium–written mostly in first- or third-person–that describes our value and why we are special. The goal is to …