Work breeds frustration. It's a fact. You get frustrated when people or things knock you off balance, where you're out of control. It could be a late project, or a recalcitrant associate, or a vendor who never gets back to you.
Why You Hate Making Decisions.
Why Leaders Can't Coach.
"All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself." - Bill McCartney When executives coach, they commonly make the mistake of downplaying their role as the boss. Confusion occurs with the associate and coaching fails.
To be clear, a boss is the one who holds people accountable for results. A coach helps people increase their skills to achieve the results.
Why Your Meetings Suck.
Let's face it — many of the meetings we attend — well — suck. Why does this happen? We have an agenda. Everyone is present. No one is distracted. Why is it when we're surveyed, meetings rank at the bottom of any business experience? Because most people don't know how to run them. So here are 5 simple tips to make your meetings run efficiently:
Control Your Time By Designing Your Schedule.
I thought my schedule was packed when I worked in corporate. Filling in my days with status meetings, presentations, sales calls, and updates all mixed together to produce a week chock full of weaving, diving, and running.Now that I've been running my company for the past ten years, I've found it even harder to keep my schedule clear and organized to ensure I get everything done AND allow myself the time to work on my business.
Understand WHO You Really Work With.
4 Steps To Dramatically Improve Your Business.
3 Critical Mistakes You Make On The Job Every Day.
Why You Hate AND Love Your Email.
Get RUNNING.
3 Tips When Everything Is Failing All Around You.
Pushing Yourself Farther Than Ever Before.
How To Deal With Very Difficult People.
"What would you think if I sang out of tune?"
Are You Paralyzed At Work?
How To Be More Effective On The Job.
Looking For Light At The End Of The Tunnel.
"When it is dark enough, you can see stars." Received this in a fortune cookie Friday night at our favorite asian restaurant in downtown New Haven (date night with my beautiful wife, Silvia).
After a small amount of research, I found it's attributed to Charles Beard, one of the most influential American historians of the 20th century.
How To Think Creatively.
Hate Your Job? Here's How To Love It.
How much love is there in your life? You probably love your parents, your spouse/partner, your kids . . . but what else do you love?
Do you love any of your friends? Colleagues? Nature? A beautiful day? A good book?
How about work? Do you love it? Hate it? If work was a long spectrum from Totally Love to Uncomfortably Despise, where would you fall on that line?