Shape the Future
January has been devoted to creating a plan, setting goals, knowing who you are and forging ahead. There is one more element to shaping your future, getting what you want and achieving all you set out to achieve – ATTITUDE.
Your attitude is what ultimately determines if you achieve your goals or if you fall short. You can’t fake it. You can’t pretend everything is okay. Your attitude colors the world around you. It makes you believe what you want to believe.
If you believe that your best days are ahead of you, then you’ll… Continue reading
Know Who You are and aren’t
Setting goals and making plans can be tricky. Meaningful goals are those that play to your strengths. I’ve known many people who try very hard to achieve something that only ends up in frustration. Most often these achievements – that don’t get accomplished – are tapping into the person’s weaknesses. While the goals may be good in theory, practically speaking they are an uphill battle, that doesn’t get won. Here are some thoughts that may help you before setting off to accomplish something.
Thought 1: Strengths = what you’re good at. Whatever you’re… Continue reading
What’s holding you back?
There’s something going on here that stops us from doing what we know. It’s hidden, it’s a mystery. We all have it, but rarely know what to do about it, and worse, rarely acknowledge it.
It’s fear.
Why don’t we eat healthier? Why don’t we have those difficult conversations with our employees? Why do you put up with bad behavior in the workplace? We’re afraid of change and doing things that are uncomfortable. We do everything we can to avoid this and make every excuse we can.
I found a great process to tackle… Continue reading
Goal Setting
It’s that time of year again – time to set goals. Some people call these resolutions, others call it changing their lives. Many times the goals are great but don’t happen. Here are some tips about setting goals and actually completing them. Some tips you may have already seen.
Tip 1: Whose goal is it? Many times goals are set for you by others. At work, goals can be imposed – at home, they could be generated by a spouse. Think about what you want to accomplish – or what someone else… Continue reading
Creating Your Action Button
The last blog covered making plans about wanting to get things done but not doing anything. It addressed the common problem of getting stuck before you’ve even begun to work toward goals, projects and ideas.
Sometimes we’re thinking about the end game (project, goal, idea) which seems big and complicated. Other times we revert to overwhelm where there are too many things to get done. You’ll know this is happening when you wake up in the morning, think about the day ahead and want to pull the covers over your head hitting the snooze button. Here… Continue reading
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