How Can You Be Proactive at a Reactive Job?
Find ways to shift your time from Quadrant 1 to Quadrant 2
No matter how reactive your job description is, there are always ways you can be more proactive at work.
Being Your Best Self
This time next year, will you be wiser, more thoughtful, and living a life you dream of? Or just a year older? Always take time to sharpen the saw.
What Do You Really Want in Your Life?
And do you have the courage to cultivate it?
Every now and then, things creep into our schedules that don’t belong there. Like Michelangelo, we need to remove the bits that don’t look like our masterpiece.
Six Ways Your Family will Struggle Without a Vision
Every team needs a leader, even a family
All leaders need a vision for their team, not just at work. Here are six ways your family will struggle, too, if you don’t have a vision.
Why It’s Hard to See Progress in the Moment
Progress is only visible over time
It’s hard (if not impossible) to see the progress we’re making if we only look at a snapshot. We need to compare snapshots over time to spot the difference.
How to Make Your Comfort Zone Less Comfortable
Sometimes, we need a stick more than a carrot
Sometimes, it’s hard to change simply because we’re pretty comfortable where we are. Here are some tips—and caveats—to make the status quo a little less comfortable.
What Happens to Habits when We Get Stressed Out?
When the going gets tough, our toughest habits get going
When we get stressed out, we lose our ability to act intentionally and our habits take over. We can turn this to our advantage.
How to Combine Past and Present to Build a Better Future
A brief discussion of Harrison R. Merril’s “Christmas Eve on the Desert”
You can’t change what you’ve done in the past, but you can take action today to change how your past affects your future.
You Can’t Do Everything, but You Can Make a Difference
Focus on what you can do
On October 16, 2019, Riley Nelson was five minutes late showing up for work. As a result, his UTA light rail train, running through Salt Lake City, Utah, was five minutes late. At 6:50 am, at the edge of what the train’s head lamp could reveal in the dim pre-dawn light, Nelson saw a car […]
How to Regain your Composure and Calm Down Quickly
Five exercises to widen the gap between stimulus and response
Sometimes we need a little help widening the gap between stimulus and response. Here are five exercises to help you calm down and respond like you want to.
See Your Actions in the Context of Your Vision for the Future
What three stonecutters can teach us about connecting present and future
Peter Drucker’s three stonecutters were focused on today’s actions, being their best self, and their vision for the future. We need all three perspectives, but only one will keep you in the game.