STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success

Vision inspires Leadership has a few essential ingredients. For example, the leader must possess a level of intelligence and the leader must possess a…

We must never forget, the DNA of our greatest weaknesses lurks within our greatest strengths… and vice-versa. The fine line separating strength from weakness…

William MacDonald described Benjamin Franklin as a man who could control the common littleness of human nature 1 . It is clear MacDonald had tremendous…

Curiosity opens the door to alternative realities: this is discovered when you are curious, when you ask questions and when you listen to other people's…

Todd Henry presents a very helpful way to think about work and the types of work people favour. This perspective on work and workers' natural preferences can…

There's a sweet spot where your thoughts & actions, your talents & strengths, and your values & virtues align and overlap. This sweet spot is the place where…

When the going gets tough... When you are all stressed out because the work ahead looks so daunting... When your spirit is weakened... ...review your key…

Values and talents make a powerful mix when combined with goals and persistence. To put this in perspective: there's an important linkage between personal…

Many people believe they have no time because they think they are far too busy. Since we all have the same amount of time each minute/hour/day, when people…

To maximize your positive use of Stress Energy Believe

To maximize the positive use of stress energy: believe you can succeed [as Napoleon Hill taught - What the mind can conceive and believe the mind can…

To maximize the positive use of stress energy: believe you can succeed, truly understand your personal talents and strengths, anticipate situations and…

Sure, we can be distracted or negative but let's remember we have these other two choices: being there and being positive . If you are not naturally inclined…

Father-to-Son Business Lesson #19 Below is a note sent by me to my son, over 5 years ago. This note was #19 in a long series of father-to-son Business…

Five years ago, I wrote a Thought Post with that title, Do Family Businesses Have Better Values? During the last 5 years I have been involved in many…

Before you can accurately measure you must learn to observe. Isn’t it interesting that we have been taught much about measuring, using tape measures etc…

I was about 30 years old when I learned that specific actions can be taken to build Confidence. I learned this from books, not directly from people. Perhaps…

Talents are innate. They are the substances that define us and make us unique. They are our traits and characteristics; they guide/dictate what we do and…

That concept holds true if you want to be a successful business leader. It isn't a question of patience. It's a question of competence. It's about what it…

If you treat people like losers, you will not see them win: You will see some of them lose You will see the rest of them leave Some people tolerate abuse…

I've never met a leader, including the bad ones, who did not exhibit superior skills in the area of attention to detail. [That comment was first published…

Before you can accurately measure you must learn to observe. Isn’t it interesting that we have been taught much about measuring, using tape measures etc…

Don't go against the grain; stretch in the direction of your strengths. Engineering teaches us about tensile forces and shear forces. Tensile forces are…

When you are 'in the zone', using your natural talents, your willpower is able to take a time out, rest, and rejuvenate. When you are 'in the zone', focus…

”Our main thinking habit is to analyse situations so that we can recognize standard situations and then apply standard answers.” Edward de Bono ` The Six…

...creating simple tools to help expand the use of SWOT . For example, the following simple table helps focus thinking and discussion on S & W & O & T while…

What is your most valuable asset? More specifically, when other people look at you - for example, when your clients look at you - what is the most valuable…

When you talk with some people they seem to be struggling...like they are trying to figure out their future more than trying to complete a conversation with…

Expanding our limits - what benefit we receive when someone or some situation causes us to achieve what we couldn't. Even the great Ralph Waldo Emerson…

Dan Pink wrote about 3 Drives: Biological Drive Reward and Punishment Drive To direct our own lives, to extend and expand our capabilities, and to make…