Personal Growth: The Missing Piece in Business Success
While it’s easy to assume that your focus needs to be on strategy and numbers if you want to achieve business success, the true transformation starts within yourself. The biggest catalyst to improving your career or business starts with personal growth. The work that you do on a personal level sets an undeniable foundation that…
Read MoreAccountability: The Secret Key to Achieving Your Goals
In the last article, we covered the many reasons why vision and planning set the foundation for the success that you desire. Once you have your vision in place and you have designed a clear plan, now it’s time for implementation. The key to consistency and success in this process is to stay disciplined, and…
Read MoreThe First Step to Success: Clarifying Your Vision and Planning
How intentional are you about the way you are living your life? If you aren’t clear about your vision and planning, then it’s easy to get distracted by mundane things in the everyday experience… these demands sweep you toward a pathway of passivity and subpar results. The harsh truth is that if you don’t shape…
Read MoreFollowing in the Footsteps of Our Veterans
Every year, Veterans Day is a great reminder to remember and honor the courage and sacrifices made by the men and women who put everything on the line for the greater good. Their bravery made a difference in the world, and shows us how important it is to take risks in our own lives at…
Read MoreChange Can Be Scary – But You Don’t Have to Stay in the Fear
Halloween is the season when spooky decorations and scary surprises are at the top of everyone’s minds. These temporary fears of the holiday season can bring up the true fears you might be feeling about your business, career, or life in general: the fear of change. Just like the scares you will have when visiting…
Read MoreInfusing Your Work with Wonder and Passion
Spend a few hours with a child and you will see the world through fresh eyes. Children see the smallest details that we often overlook as adults: the leaves rustling in the trees, the colors of the flowers, and the way the raindrops make patterns on the cement. At some point in our lives, we…
Read MoreHow to Thrive When Things Get Hard
Sisyphus is a character in Greek Mythology who teaches a powerful lesson about overcoming challenges and maintaining consistency. As the story goes, the Greek gods were upset with Sisyphus, so his punishment was to push a big boulder up a hill. Each day he would reach the top of the hill, only to have the…
Read MoreWhat Stands in the Way Becomes the Way
Eighteen hundred years ago, Marcus Aurelius was the Emperor of Rome at the time. Now, he is known as a great stoic philosopher, and many people today refer to his teachings because they remain relevant Take this for example: “What stands in the way becomes the way.” Avoidance: Why We Often Look for the Easy…
Read MoreBracing for Change: Leveraging Cause and Effect in Your Career
Change is an inevitable part of life, but most people have a complex relationship with changes when they occur. When things are changing in the workplace, it often results in a feeling of being powerless or a fear of the unknown. Over the years, I’ve asked hundreds of people about their relationship with change. A…
Read MoreThere’s No Prize for Doing It on Your Own
Our modern world often promotes a “do it yourself” mentality: keeping entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, and other high achievers in the rut of trying to manage everything on their own. While it’s noble to strive for independence, the reality is that there are many negative impacts of this mindset – which can take a toll…
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