The Internet and media are filled with the annual chatter about New Year’s Resolutions, strategic planning, and goal setting. There are Best and Worst Lists for anything and everything.
As much as I’m looking forward to a fresh new year, …
It’s a noisy world out there. Distractions abound. Then there’s Resistance tempting us to neglect our most valuable dreams.
While visualization and affirmations are popular manifesting tools, adding visual reminders can keep you from forgetting your focus. Happily, there are …
Commitment is about being there when it’s not convenient or easy. It’s about steadfastness in the face of change and crisis. ~ Mary Pipher
Commitment comes in all sizes and shapes and levels of intensity. Sadly, when it comes to …
Trying to build a business without entrepreneurial thinking is like trying to build a house with a toothbrush. An employee mindset is not a useful tool.
Fortunately, learning to think like a successful self-bosser is something we can teach ourselves. Here …
This piece appeared in early 2009, but I find myself rereading it from time to time lest I forget these valuable lessons. It seemed a good time to share it again.
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There’s a woman who goes walking in my …
It is not an exaggeration to say that we spend our days moving closer to our dreams—or farther away. Every moment that we invest in our goals brings us closer and every moment we ignore the prompting of our …
If you arrived at the end of the holidays last year saying, “Thank goodness that’s over!”, you might decide to take a different approach this year. Although the holiday season is supposed to be a time of celebration, many of …
“April is the cruelest month,” mused T.S. Eliot. Obviously, he wasn’t around in October a few years back. While the weather had been magnificent, many people were not so inclined.
For background noise there was the nightly news with an …
Neglected ideas are not unlike neglected pets. Ignore them long enough and they’ll stop trying to get your attention and slink off into a corner. Or they might sneak off to a neighbor’s home where they’re given the nurturing they …
Since I shared my letter from Bill Bryson, I’ve gotten numerous requests from folks wondering what I had originally written to him. While I hadn’t planned to post that, I decided to give in to peer pressure.
As I said …
