Has Success Eluded You at All?
Past performance is not an indicator of future results. That success may have eluded us in the past is no indication that we will not …
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What It Means When They Aren’t Getting Stuff Done
That they are not getting valuable stuff done (or are just doing the wrong things) is a sure sign that we haven’t done our job …
Fear of Making the Wrong Choice
Fear of making the wrong choice is one reason we may not commit to a career, market niche, or organizational strategy. “What if I/we choose …
A Way
People of all stripes–bosses, teenagers, teachers, priests, scientists, politicians, peers, employees, partners, protesters, parents, and artists–may say they have the way. Whether at work or …
Nudge Your Career (and your organization’s strategy) Back Into Alignment
When we are in our SweetSpot, work ceases to be a stress or struggle. Where there is stress or struggle, we are out of our …
The Source of Meaningful Work
Deficiency, or rather the elimination of it, is our source for meaningful work. We tend to see life, work, the world, and (secretly) ourselves as deficient in …
How to Make Your Strategies Even Better
Once we have decided on a strategy, we can improve it by asking everyone involved, “What could prevent the success of this strategy?” We may …
Take the Longcut
We could take shortcuts. We could try to entice, lull, force, trick, or beg our clients and colleagues into doing what we want them to do. …
How To Choose Your Next Career, Project, or Strategy
Should we go for strategy A or B? Career This or That? Project X or Y? When we are not in our SweetSpot, the best …
Time to Set a Strategy
Stagnation. Lack of results. People spending time on intrigue, politics, silo building, or just rearranging the deck chairs. When we see signs like these, it’s time …