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Turning Potential Into Results
The Question Determines the Answer
The popular phrase “What’s wrong with this picture?” doesn’t always help us to get things “right.” Things don’t always go as planned. We run out of gas. Miss our daughter’s play. Miss a connecting flight. Get laid off. Have cold lunchmeat for Thanksgiving because the power went out before the bird cooked. When something happens…
Read MoreGot Power? Which kind?
Dictionary.com defines power as a person or thing that possesses or exercises authority or influence. To this, I’m adding to get something done. Sounds like a basic definition of business. As such, I think it’s worth exploring what kind of power is being used to get what kind of work done. While a conversation about…
Read MoreBe “Neo”: Take the red pill
If you’re exhausted by being connected 24/7, this message is for you. If worried you’ll be seen as a slacker if you don’t answer every email within 14 minutes, this message is for you. If you’re tweeting, liking and pinning multiple times a day because you don’t want to miss anything, then my message is…
Read MoreThey’re coming! Whoa..They’re here!
The Holidays. Family gatherings. Gift giving. Travel. Perhaps just reading these words stresses you out a little. If I added “The Mall” to the list, I’m betting “a little” might be replaced by “a lot”! Regardless of what this season means to you, whether you are looking forward to it or pulling up the cushions…
Read MoreWant success? Embrace failure.
It bugs me when someone shouts “Failure is not an option!” The icing on the buggy cake comes if their declaration is punctuated with teeth-grinding and fist-clenching. Sure, I hear their determination and desire that they must succeed, no matter what, come hell or high-water, or no water at all, if that’s the case. Still,…
Read MoreThe garage is clean — what’s left to pass on?
After last month’s uber-cleansing garage clean-out and revelations, I now walk unimpaired across the floor, dodging only the occasional fur ball. The walk is both exhilarating and disconcerting. Exhilarating because every step acknowledges weeks of effort that produced the results: space for a vehicle, letting go of inconsequential stuff, putting the past in the past…
Read MoreIntroverts Unite! (oh, might be tough…)
Hi, I’m Camille and I’m an extrovert. I confess that from time to time I’ve overlooked the talents that introverts have to offer. I’m reforming. On a recent flight home from Ohio, I read Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I picked it up because in…
Read MoreAre you a Sweet Genius Under Pressure?
I admit it. No matter what I’m doing when I’m not coaching (watching TV, playing tennis, practicing my guitar), I’m asking “What can I learn right now about being effective and producing desired results?” On a recent rainy day, Sweet Genius, a competitive cooking show, offered some insights on being effective when the heat’s turned…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Beef?
Remember Wendy’s 2006 commercial with the old lady complaining about the patty size with the slogan “Where’s the beef?”? Complaining is often a way we identify our disatisfactions and things we want to change. On the other hand, if we don’t know we are complaining, it can adversely affect our performance, putting us in a…
Read MoreYou get what you measure
GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out That phrase reminds us that what you put into something is what you’ll get out of it. If you put garbage in – cheap parts, shoddy workmanship, no quality inspection, inaccurate data – that will determine what comes out. I think it’s time to employ that thinking again to what…
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