Posts Tagged ‘Stephen Covey’

Planter or Picker?

Posted on July 14th, 2011 by by Barbara

Years ago a mentor of mine explained that the world, like an orchard, was divided into two groups: planters and pickers.

The planters, he said, see something that doesn’t exist and go to work cultivating thesoil, putting in seeds and plants, …

Staying Positive When Things Turn Negative

Posted on March 29th, 2011 by by Barbara

I’ve been going through 25 years of back issues of Winning Ways newsletter to gather my favorite articles that I’m collecting for an e-book. I came across this one from 1990 and thought it was worth sharing here as well.

In Business to Inspire?

Posted on February 3rd, 2011 by by Barbara

When I first moved to Minnesota, I used to joke that there was a church on every corner. That’s a bit of an exaggeration, of course, but it seems that most major thoroughfares are dotted with them.

For several years, …