What are five potential life paths you could see yourself on - either as a potential future or if you had done things differently earlier? A similar question was posted in Chip Conley's book Rebel Rules. It is an interesting thought experiment. What lives could you see yourself living? It doesn't have to be about [...]
Who will volunteer to take on this task...? If you wait long enough someone else will probably raise their hand. But is that a good thing? Some of us need to be reminded that it's okay if we aren't always the first to raise our hands. Others of us could likely benefit tremendously from raising [...]
I came into the middle of a radio program, but from the sound of it, the guest was a prior-nazi-sympathizer who was treated in the hospital by someone who was Jewish. The doctor saved his life, despite his wearing a swastika. The guest's beliefs had shifted, and he was grateful to that doctor. The host [...]
It was damp. The snow had turned to rain and puddles were starting to form. I walked down the hill and approached an intersection and stopped to wait for an approaching car. It seemed to be heading a little too quickly down that particular road, and turned right in front of me. That was legal [...]
When we have an area of expertise and people come to us seeking our advice, it is natural to want them to take advice possibly with minimal explanation as to why you are suggesting a particular action. But some people need to understand the ins and outs or something thoroughly. It doesn't mean they don't [...]
We have passions. We have strengths, or things we are particularly good at. Some of it learned, some of this is innate. (I'm starting to believe that the innate part is what's most important to tap into). Some of our passions we might be really bad at but love anyway. (Me and triathlon for example). [...]
To do our best, we have to be able to see what's true and to act accordingly. It has nothing to do with being positive or negative, but rather being able to see before acting. For example (from Jim Collins' book Good to Great) when customers wanted something different in our supermarkets, Kroger looked at [...]
One of my favorite podcasts is How I Build This with Guy Raz. He takes us deep into the stories of companies, how they were founded, and their struggles along the way. This past week, I listened to the story of Patreon, a company founded on the idea that some of us are willing to pay [...]
A parent told me recently that others have shared this advice with her: your children look at you in a way that you do not see in yourself. We may feel self-conscious, small, uninspiring, and yet, we may just be a light for others to follow. We have a power to influence, and we are [...]
A motive is "something (such as a need or desire) that causes a person to act." So, to 'motivate' is to get someone to act by creating a need or supplying a desire to do so. When working with a group, maybe the question shouldn't be how to motivate people, maybe the question is how [...]
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