It’s Not Enough To Know

It’s the people around us who shape us and our behavior. Ask the BIG question: “What do you want to achieve in life?” And then think, “Are the people I’m hanging around helping me achieve this?” – Craig Ballantyne This is one of the most difficult things to ask yourself. Humans are social creatures and…

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy You must be pro-active. Waiting for problems to occur is what many do. The vast majority of difficulties we have are days/weeks/months, or even years, in the making. When something goes wrong, we feel bad because we know, deep-down,…

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller It all depends on where you look, and what you’re focused on. Look for the bad and you’ll no doubt find it. (and feel accordingly.) Look for the good and you’ll find that as well (and…

I have long held humans are meaning-seeking and meaning-creating creatures. Language is our primary tool of meaning creation and transmission. The words we use create our lives, both individually and organizationally. If you work in an organization (of any sort, or size) the words that are chosen, and repeated, make a huge difference. Take a…

“Commitment is an act, not a word.” – Jean-Paul Sartre Commitment, of course, starts with a word, or words; the speaking, however, is always necessary, it is never sufficient. What commitments have you merely spoken (whether in your head, or out loud), but have yet to act on, consistently? The answer to that question is…

Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect. – T. Harv Eker The question: “how are things?” usually gets me to thinking about what Thomas Leonard calls the Perfection of Now. Or, how…