Archive for June, 2010
How Well Do You Communicate?
If everyone would just communicate the way you do the world would be a better place. Right? Why is this? The answer is pretty simple. You see the world as you are, not as it really is. How many times have you sent an email that was so clear a 3-year-old could understand it only to have it misin read more
Mission Control: Putting Our Purpose Above Our Goals
This article is by Marshall Goldsmith, Ph.D. At the surface level, "purpose" and "goal" seem to be very similar. In fact, my thesaurus tells me they're synonyms. It might appear that we can use them interchangeably. But in parsing the definitions of these words, we discover they're as different a read more
What Are You Learning From Your Results?
Everyone is always talking about results. You hear it from your boss and your boss’ boss. They say things like, “I want to see results.” You hear the word “results” so often, but what does it really mean? Let’s define “results.” Whenever you make a decision, it ends in a res read more
What Can We Learn From Our Kids?
I have a five-year-old daughter, Alex. She teaches me new lessons every day and reminds me of ones I’ve forgotten. Alex doesn’t care what day it is. She just lives in the moment. The other day, I tried to sneak a cookie before dinner and she reminded me that I’ve always taught her to share. read more