Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich

We all have desires and goals. How do we achieve our desires and goals? For most people, the equation can be as simple as this: My Personal Changes + Other…

Indiana Jones reminded us that you don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with a single…

Over the last few years, I have written and talked about the communication problems that happen when business leaders use words like Passion and Integrity to…

I think there are 2 types of busy in business: 1. There's good-busy 2. There's ?-busy When business people tell me they are 'too-busy' I am uneasy because I…

Simon Sinek wrote, “Trust is like love. Both parties have to feel it before it really exists.” I read Simon’s ‘daily inspiration messages’ and from time to…

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

Nike says, "Just Do It!" While that may lead to better health, more energy and more fun it sure creates inefficiencies when it happens at work. The tech…

About bad-habit ruts

How many times does your gut have to jolt you before you stop and think about what’s going on and determine what, if anything, you should do in response to…

The operations of most small businesses become far more complicated than outsiders [and most insiders] would have guessed or expected…and much of that…

Recently, Simon Sinek again wrote: “Intelligence looks for what is known to solve problems. Creativity looks for what is unknown to discover possibilities.”…

Few will argue against the concept leaders must think. Let me restate that: few will verbally argue against the concept leaders must think. On the other…

Have Culture - if it isn't defined it will define itself Give Compliments - everyone wants to use talents to create value...and get regular pats on the back…

Know how to communicate the essence of the role, seek simple descriptions; avoid lengthy series of tasks and responsibilities Magnetic job postings - show…

Most people agree, when success happens it follows thought and action. Rarely, if ever, do you hear someone complain about being too busy thinking.

Many years ago, Peter Urs Bender presented a wonderful, simple piece of advice: There are only 4 reasons you should give presentations - to inform

Competition is a wonderful thing. And, competition has its limitations. If you (or your ego) approach life as if it's a series of competitive interactions…

Instead of thinking Attitude is in the winner in a competition with Intelligence, understand Attitude is a subset of Intelligence or, better still…

René Descartes founded 'Western Philosophy' with profound thoughts, the most famous one being - " I think therefore I am. " If I think then I must exist [as…

When people say “ passion in the workplace ”: What does that mean to you? What does that mean to them? It seems the ‘ motivational gurus ’ cannot break the…

While watching some of the U.S. Presidential "news coverage" a few things came to mind... Talk is Cheap. That's a saying, which carries some wisdom. Verbal…

Not only is it textured, negative thinking is thick out there. Negative thinking cannot be band-aided into insignificance: it is a thick, multi-layered…

In many areas the post-recession fears have not subsided. It is troubling to watch the value of baby boomers’ businesses shrink. What legacy do you want to…

You don't settle for just learning when the seas are calm; you choose to learn when all Hell’s breakin’ loose out there.

...and, let's not forget Willpower ! Maybe motivation is just a byproduct of hormones? Our bodies create hormones and those hormones influence us. There’s…

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

I have heard opposing viewpoints. Some people think creativity happens when a group of brilliant young people bounce ideas off one another in zany…

Do you want to be useful? If so - How do you go about making yourself useful? *** First - What does ‘being useful’ mean to you? Is ‘being useful’ about…

Things are rarely as bad as they seem - things are rarely as good as they seem. Time seems to iron out our emotional highs and lows, healing old wounds and…

I rarely write about morals. However, driven with hero worship, I want to share the 'self-direction' Benjamin Franklin provided to himself when he was in his…