Category: self-help

Measure your performance We think we’re doing fine, and then the numbers come in.  Oops! You can’t manage what you don’t measure.  You can’t be accountable for what you’ve done until you know what you did. Part of self-awareness is tracking what you’ve done, and checking the feedback loop.    It could be the check boxes on your…

Learning is about repetition  It’s not enough to read, listen and practice, and then just nod your head.   You have to be committed to repetition. Learning, gaining knowledge, gaining competency and getting stronger in what you do is about doing something enough that it becomes unconscious.  It’s about doing something enough that it becomes pure…

You attract into your life what you are Be the person you want to become.   Start now.  Start living as if you are already that person, because inside you are. A diamond is a diamond is a diamond.  Found in the rough – raw, uncut, and not polished – a diamond can look like an…

The discipline of delay Delay can be okay if it’s disciplined delay. There’s nothing noble or worthy about pushing crap out the door for the sake of just getting it done.  There’s nothing noble or worthy about holding back and not taking action because we’re scared.  Hesitating has its roots in fear –  fear of…

The significance of the insignificant Pay attention.  Sometimes the casual details have a way of becoming the critical dependencies.  Like checking the oil in the car before a long trip; or actively listening to that final sentence shared by a friend or client or business associate.  The one that, if you heeded the advice or…

Take charge Take charge of your life.  Take charge of who you want to become on the journey to where you want to go.  Take charge of what you intend to accomplish, and goals you intend to reach.   Know that where you’re going today is far more important than where you’ve been and what you…