What Really Hurts

I receive Hugh MacLeod’s blog updates and highly recommend you subscribe as well. One recently got my attention and reminded me of a favorite quote from one of my mentors (Thomas Leonard): “People do what they do because they don’t have anything better to do.” Check out Hugh’s blog post here before reading on. I…

“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” – David Frost I’m writing this post because I needed to hear it. Sometimes I wonder if I am walking the right path, as a coach. I wonder if the challenges of self-employment are worth…

You don’t get by what you do, you receive because of who you are. So many people operate from the first part of the above. They think that if they do the right things they will get what they want. And it’s true that you can do certain things and you will tend to “get”…

The idea of balance is prevalent for people today, Specifically, the meme of work/life balance. Many see this as a call to allocate one’s life in certain proportions. As if there is an ideal amount of time for each area that will “balance” the scales, and presumably, result in happiness and fulfillment at work and…

I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt *  *  * But how do we know what the “right” thing is? Sometimes we know, sometimes we don’t ….