Why This Great Secret Remains A Secret
There are two kinds of expectation. The first is like an angry demand: “I expect you to do your homework. I expect people to listen …
Don’t Be Seduced By The Cruel
No matter what you hear or read in the news, the world is getting better and better. But, you might ask, aren’t there atrocities? Isn’t …
For Big Change, Ignore the Naysayers
If we want to influence a big change, we need not spend much time trying to convince the naysayers, the haters, the opponents. They will change or …
Meaning of it All and the Poet
At work, at home, and in general, we sometimes need to know the meaning of it all. (So, here goes…) We walk through the apparently very …
When You Avoid Your Task List
We often avoid or even abandon our tasks lists because they get too full. We’ve stuffed them with things we could, should, hafta, or wanna …
Ray of Sunshine
Without much effort at all, we can see the amazing beauty that surrounds us this moment. We have all experienced it before. Even in the …
Five-Minute Feedback
Giving others feedback is one of the more difficult jobs of a leader. It can be so uncomfortable. We know we have to do it …
Driving From the Driver’s Seat
There are two ways to approach work and life: outer-directed or inner-directed. Outer-directed: We can be directed by what we perceive are other people’s demands …
Change
Change can appear so hard that we often will do anything to avoid it. Stagnation happens inside organizations from this fear of change. Come to …
Getting Busy Never Works
We easily get the results we want when we first put ourselves in a productive, good-feeling state. Sadly, most of us never do that. We run headlong into …