Here's why knowing your values is so important. When you know them, you make decisions faster, and those decisions support you, they don't sabotage you. You know the difference between when you are acting congruent with your values, and when you are … [Read more...]
Deconstructing Indecision
People regularly underestimate the importance of knowing their values and having a purpose or personal mission to follow. To me, these are foundational and if they are not solid, or if you are tentative about them, then everything that follows will … [Read more...]
Reflections on Leadership 6/21/15
You can not invest all your resources in everything. You will not solve every problem at once. Determine what you can afford and invest it in the now, the new, and the next. Now is the current reality. New is what has just arrived, but you … [Read more...]
Reflections on Leadership 4/19/15
Leaders make decisions. Some are easy, some are difficult; none are delayed without a valid reason. If you are having trouble making a decision, review your values. When you are clear about what's important, most of your decisions are … [Read more...]
Initiate More, Commit to Less
Lack of initiative is because of an abundance of fear. While it is true apathy could play a role, those who do not care are not reading this, so why bother to spend any time trying to appeal to their better judgment. It is not important to … [Read more...]
Passion Gets Too Much Credit
There is an inherent danger in people citing passion as their primary reason for deciding something because passion has nothing to do with reason. It is all emotion. As a result, it doesn't require thinking. Once an emotion consumes all the energy … [Read more...]