I was reminded recently of something I seem to relearn on occasion: Sometimes you have to jump in and get started, even when you don’t know exactly how to do something. You just have to take the first step. As my friend Denise has said, “You have to have faith the path will appear.” For [...]
One of my all-time favorite quotes is related to momentum: “The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” — Frances Willard Intuitively we know momentum is needed to achieve a Big Goal. It’s what helps us steer clear of distractions and bounce back [...]
Are you focused on high return activities? I ask because in the past few days I’ve witnessed a failure to understand that old adage (and act accordingly): everything that demands your attention doesn’t deserve your attention. When I say “witness”, I’ve observed this with clients, friends, and—yes, I admit, myself. Why is it so easy [...]
I was having lunch with a friend the other day and the subject of LeBron James came up. My friend was appalled at the selfish nature and spectacle of LeBron’s decision and announcement to go to the Miami Heat. During our discussion, he said he used the primetime event as a “teaching moment” with his young son. [...]
I didn’t realize in early May that I was taking a sabbatical leave. I thought I was just feeling a bit less motivated. Finding it more difficult to focus. Noticing my productivity was falling off. It was a curious turn of events because I’ve always been such a taskmaster with myself—driven, pushing through, doing, doing, [...]
I was out and about in the world today and noticed something striking, something peculiar. Hardly anyone was smiling. Not the people I passed on the sidewalk. Not those driving in their cars. I saw couples sitting together at restaurants with barely a smile between them. I saw clerks in stores and customers at cafes [...]
