Professional Over-Accommodating When people don’t own their value, they tend to over accommodate. Imagine calling your doctor for an appointment and then the doc saying something like – you are on the north side of town right so there’s a coffee shop that is about half way between us. Why don’t we meet there? That’s […]
Insight into action
Insight into action We can have insight all day long but if we don’t put it into action. . . The more volume of action we have, the more chances we have to hit home runs. Even the great creative geniuses were a volume play. Inventor, Thomas Edison, accumulated 2,332 patents worldwide for his inventions. […]
The Of Course Continuum
The Of Course Continuum Be honest with yourself ~ on a scale that goes from 1 (not a chance) to 5 (wouldn’t that be nice) to 10 (of course), where are you with achieving your goals? Unfortunately, “of course” is the exception. Most people are in some degree of doubt. However, that can be changed. […]
Business and profitability are not sinful or evil
The Terrible Horrible Lie of Scarcity
A little tug-of-war
A little tug-of-war Hopefully you are doing business from a perspective of wanting to serve, contribute, and make others better off. However, sometimes that “what about me” creeps in. Will I get my fair share? Will I get my needs met? Etc. This sort of thinking is a really quick way to sabotage a beautiful […]
Look at me look at me
Look at me look at me I watched a little March Madness basketball this afternoon. Baylor got upset by Yale. Based on a very small amount of data, Baylor seems to be a group of individuals who are more concerned about looking good and individual accomplishments than a team interested in winning. I saw a […]
Closing our hearts does not help
Closing our hearts does not help Sabine’s friend hurt her knee while we were skiing yesterday. However, when we were in the first aid building it looked like Sabine was in worse pain. Ron, the ski patrol guy, was joking around and keeping it light while he did his thing. I was joking around. Sabine’s […]
Greatest gift
Greatest gift One of the greatest gifts we can give others is encouragement. Who have you uplifted, encouraged, or inspired today? Who are you going to do that for tomorrow? If you aren’t doing that for others, there is going to be a sense of something missing in your life. We are designed to contribute […]