I just read Sangeeth Varghese’s column in Forbes that was titled “Embrace Routine.” It got me thinking about how many of the people I coach see any routine as the enemy. They think that they’ll be more productive and more creative if they’re free from all restraints.
That’s not how it works. A pinch of routine, [...]
80% of success is showing up”
Woody Allen
Ajax, our new guide dog puppy is learning how to lead. It’s amazing how many people we meet (always with a smile, greeting and interesting questions–I often wonder what happened to those behaviors when you don’t have a guide dog you are raising??) typically ask two things:
How can you give [...]
What’s the most important factor of success in any search marketing effort? The right keywords. Without them, nothing else matters. And yet so many people just want take the first words that come to mind and call it done.
But you’re too smart for that, right?
Steps for discovering potential keywords are much the same regardless of [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about building credibility at work, social media [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: 800-CEO-Read
Competency: self-development
Who benefits: those in a personal growth mode
Consultant Usage: handy, quick reference site
What’s it about? Today’s post is quite short. Made me wonder if one can tweet on a Blog? Ah, probably not worth getting myself all in a dither.
Anyway, I came across a website (see link above) that posts [...]
The Wall Street Journal just ran a great article titled: “A Wandering Mind Heads Straight Toward Insight.” Here’s the lead.
“It happened to Archimedes in the bath. To Descartes it took place in bed while watching flies on his ceiling. And to Newton it occurred in an orchard, when he saw an apple fall. Each had [...]
“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus”
Mark Twain
Ajax is now 13-weeks old and learning his basic skills of leadership for guide dog puppies. Here is what is doing pretty well in terms of “basic skills”:
Sitting
Laying down
Walking on a leash (with his guide dog bib)
Sleeping
Eating Fast
Here is what he isn’t [...]
Every week I check dozens of “career” blogs and other online publications, looking for things that will help you find a job, get promoted, develop your skills, and keep everything in perspective and balance. Here’s the pick of the lot for this week. I’m pointing you to items about finding a job when you’ve just [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTIONER
Title: Emotional Intelligence for Managing Results in a Diverse World: The Hard Truth about Soft Skills in the Workplace
Competencies: self-development, diversity, performance management, coaching talent, influence skills, conflict management, anger management
Who benefits: managers and supervisors, employees, teams, human resource professionals
Consultant Usage: trainers in communication skills, diversity issues, emotional intelligence; diversity consultants; [...]
A famous Winston Churchill quote advises us to “Never, Never, Never give up.”
There are times when pressing on regardless is the right thing. If you’re in sales, you have to keep making calls. If you’re looking for a job you have to keep looking. But that doesn’t mean you should keep doing things the same [...]