“I have met the enemy and they are us” - my adaptation of the famous quote from Oliver Hazzard Perry.
Like many corporate denizens, I find myself ranting against the perceived narrow mindedness of others when my “new” ideas are not readily accepted. This resistance to ideas from others can be summed up as “Not invented here”. If we didn’t [...]
Things not going your way in life? Are you serving others or yourself?
Quite recently, I received a karmic reminder of where my focus should be. I’m working on some projects that afford me a growing realm of creative freedoms, and along with those come a hefty measure of responsibility to my stakeholders in how I comport myself [...]
There is an old adage that it’s hard to remember that your there to drain the swamp when your up to your armpits in alligators.
I find that to be more and more true in the corporate workplace as the phone, the instant messaging, and the non stop emails all vie for your time. Tactical [...]
I often contemplate the game of Chess as an analogy in examination of corporate workplace dynamics. There are a multitude of ways to apply the analogy or metaphor.
Interesting to me, is the consideration of people in your employ or in your network as chess pieces that may be utilized in consort to accomplish an overall objective. Who [...]
As a kid, I used to love volley ball. Like basketball, volley ball was appealing because it was a team sport, and you could draw on the support of the team, yet the team was small so every player really counts. I was tall, and I was Ok at play, but mostly I struggled to stay in my [...]
If your like me, something happens from time to time that snaps you out of the perspective you have on life. During that brief moment of enlightenment, you can look back over days, weeks, or months and see that you’ve lost your way. The anxieties of the day bend and distort your perspective about what’s important [...]
In unpacking some large boxes that have been in storage for some years, I encountered my old roller skates.
When I was in about the seventh grade, a new roller skating rink opened up a few miles outside the small town in which I lived. It quickly became a place for pre-adolescents, and teens to go [...]
Do you believe you are making great progress toward the achievement of your life’s goals? If you answered no, then perhaps, like me you have a relatively uncertain view of your plan for the long term future. Perhaps you are in a career track that you planned in college, or maybe you’ve wandered afield. Are you living the kind [...]
If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. Knowing what you want is a good first step. Where are you now, and where would you like to be? What initiatives will you undertake to get there, and how will you know when you’ve arrived?
Who, what, where, when, and why - all to be quantified, [...]
A couple years ago, a colleague shared a book by Don Miguel Ruiz, entitled “The Four Agreements” with me. While a lot of our life experience, what happens to us everyday is a product of the world around us, a non inconsequential portion of it is created in our own minds by how we choose [...]
