“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” – Jim Rohn
The simple fact is if you don’t develop yourself over time you’ll fall behind.
And, if all you do is develop yourself for your current position, you’ll soon find yourself well equipped for a job that no longer exists (to inelegantly paraphrase Eric Hoffer… ).
Create a development plan for your career/business – and yourself – that allows you to be excellent now, and prosper in the future.
I’ve worked within organizations that believed that more resources would solve problems or move important initiatives forward. They were wrong because they igonored the fact that their systems were faulty or incomplete. When the HOW of what people are doing doesn’t work well, or work at all, it doesn’t matter how many people – hard-working, smart…
Work is changing. Life is changing. Much of what worked before simply won’t anymore. Whether you know it or not, you’re playing two games. The first is the Outer Game – this is what you do, your profession, your career, your job. The other is the Inner Game. The Inner Game is what will (really) make…
Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. – Denis Waitley Without belief nothing happens. If you don’t believe, you won’t start. And if you don’t start, well . . . .
“To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.” – Mark Twain Your opportunity today (and always): to share your joy with others, and vice-versa.
The successful man is the average man, focused. – Ralph Waldo Emerson So many people think that anyone who is successful is different in some way. Better genetics, or up-bringing, or work ethic, or friends, or discipline, or education, or . . . . It’s not true. People who are successful work harder, longer. True,…
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do. – Buddha This reminds me of one of my favorite questions. When I find myself annoyed/bothered by, or otherwise resisting, someone, I ask myself: “What is it about you that I don’t…