80/20 Principle
The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less Richard Koch PREFACE TO THE EXPANDED AND UPDATED VERSION The new Chapter 17 says what networks and network businesses are, and why nobody in their right mind—if they are ambitious—would work for anything but a network or a network business. There is one […]
Die Empty
Todd Henry—2013. Chapter 1: die empty. Chapter 2: your contribution. Chapter 3: the siren song of mediocrity. Chapter 4: define your battles. Chapter 5: be fiercely curious. Chapter 6: step out of your comfort zone. Chapter 7: know yourself. Chapter 8: be confidently adaptable. Chapter 9: find your voice. Chapter 10: stay connected. Chapter 11: […]
Genius Zone
by Gay Hendricks The Essential First Step Your genius is discovered by looking closely into what you most love to do. Think of the all over satisfaction you feel when you eat the perfect amount of a food you love. Think of the sweet body sensations you feel when you wake up after a good night […]
The Personal Development Commute
Activities like reading books and learning new skills are usually some of the first things to fall off someone’s to-do list. Unfortunately, they are also the very things that can change our lives. In relation to that, I often hear and have previously given the excuse of “I don’t have enough time”. The trick then is finding time that […]
Don’t Let the Big Picture Stop You
Recently, on two separate occasions and for two different reasons, I was asked to thoroughly explain how the tasks different people were being asked to do were connected to a bigger picture or master plan. On many occasions this makes total sense, but I believe in these two situations the people were using this as a way to escape from […]
Rocket Fuel
Rocket Fuel: The one essential combination that will get you more of what you want from your business – Gino Wickman and Mark C Winters At the top of every company is a leader who focuses outside — the visionary — and one who manages inside — the integrator. Their different perspectives create inherent tension. […]
The Power Of The First Project
During a social network analysis class (not the Facebook type of social network), we were breaking down how work actually gets done in organizations when the instructor said, “People in new positions fail because they don’t have the network needed to do their new job” The quote meant a lot for me because I had […]
On Choosing A Path
Ten years ago I was coming back from a business trip and found my self waiting at the baggage claim for the bags to start coming out. I had just spent 2 weeks inside an office in the beautiful mountains near Grenoble, France. It was an overnight flight, so I was a little groggy when […]
The Power of Small Comments
People often ask me how I was able to make the first switch within my Company from one group to another. I had been in the IT group for about eight years at that point and then switched over into our Consumer Products Marketing group. Up until that time, going from IT to the Marketing […]
Are You Living What You Expect In An Interview?
What questions did you ask the last candidate you tried to hire? What expectations did you have about what they would bring to the table and the types of leadership and results you expected to see? What were the things that made you want to choose the person you actually hired? Now ask yourself, are […]