I recently read a great article from Robert Hargrove (a world-class executive coach) on why corporate professionals should go for “mastery” over “competence.”
It’s such a great article I wanted to share the link with you; for your development (and path to mastery)!
You don’t have to be great to start. But you have to start to be great. – Zig Ziglar Zig’s down-home (often ‘aww-shucks’) words are f’ing genius. So often he can say in a sentence (and not a long one at that) what others take paragraphs or pages to say. His words above are your…
If it strengthens you, embrace it. If it challenges you, solve it. If it weakens you, replace it. Who said that? That was me. I have a couple more: If it repeats, question it (deeply, truly investigate it). If it hurts you, love it (and let it go).
Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear. – Cheri Huber Huh? Has Matt gone mad!? Nope, just wanted to get your attention. Now that, I hope, I have it, I’ll make my point. When we choose the safe and known over what we fear (and “fear” includes: merely being uncomfortable, a little anxious, a…
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw I’m sure I’ve blogged on this quote before, but it’s worth repeating. Ask yourself about your “circumstances:” Are they what you want?…
May you live all the days of your life. – Jonathan Swift I sometimes say that the past is good as a textbook, and the future a place to dream into, but the only place anything actually happens is right now. Now is when you live. Imagine the smallest unit of time/experience. That’s “now.” That…
The key is not to prioritize what is on the schedule, but to schedule your priorities. – Stephen Covey You must take control of what you do. Until you get clear about what you want – and what you don’t – you can’t take control. But when you do take control, you can decide what’s…