When experience becomes a liability….
Reflect on this statement: “If you are contesting constructive feedback about how you can do a better job, you are really not as experienced as you have spent years at your job!” Many so...
Monthly Archive: May 2017
Surfacing conflicts….
Most people are uncomfortable with confrontation… they lack the strength to call out interpersonal problems that clearly may be looming right below the seemingly professional calm surface…. You must have, I am sure, witnessed...
To identify is the first step…
Improvement starts with identifying that there is an improvement due… Change comes from the identification that change is necessary…. As long as there is a justification to continue doing what you have been doing...
Tolerate no more than one time… be patient every time….
Patience is a virtue… and you will be expected to be patient every time! At home with your children… your siblings… your parents… your spouse… your relatives; at work with your co-workers… your direct...
The importance of reading that which matters….
I heard recently that by reading 3 books on any given subject, you know more about that subject than 95% of the people in that field! Some reflection on that statement and a little...
Feel your way through to success….
The most practical and commercial decisions are still emotional in flavor…. We live in a practical capitalistic world, yet we always deal with emotional words all the time…. Trust, Ethics, Authenticity, Honesty, etc…. You...
Toughness….
Growing up, we had a friend who could be provoked in the easiest of ways…. and he would ‘react’! If it was with extreme excitement on occasion, it was with anger and arguments on...
Authenticity…
Can you get your mask off and stand in front of people with the same level of self-pride? Authenticity means that you are the same person on your inside as you are on the...
Handling the feeling of being lost….
When things don’t go the way you had planned or hoped for, especially over a span of time, the natural tendency is for you to feel discouraged, sometimes, down to the point of feeling...
In the face of declining results….
Ask yourself this one important question…. “Have I been working diligently and consistently over a long span of time… and is that work based on grounded thought, rooted in knowledge and on sound principles...
