I was in a roomful of 15-20 people today at my Toastmasters club and the person running the meeting asked everyone “If you think you’re creative, raise your hand” — and do you know how many people stuck their hands in the air? Two. And one of them was me. Here was an assembled group […]
Whether you’re running a sprint, running a marathon, or running a project — you take off from a starting line with the goal of winding up on a finishing line. With the majority of projects, your starting line is your kick-off date. Your finishing line is your deadline. The more I consider this metaphor it […]
From being proactive to being a procrastinator, people are all over the place when it comes down to getting down to work. What do you do when it’s time to work? Do you sit down and dig right in? Is there some ritual you have to go through like getting a cup of coffee or […]
The people you spend time with either drain your energy and deplete your internal energy reserves, or they help you to recharge your batteries by virtue of their own outgoing personality and attitude. Think about the last few appointments you had scheduled with different individuals. Did you look forward to some meetings more than others? […]
I got my first car in the ’80s while I was in high school. It was a 1971 Plymouth Satellite Custom that I bought from one of my mother’s co-workers for $600. It was a little over 10 years old and a gigantic tank of a car. The color was even an appropriate “army green”. […]
In the last post I talked about taking the next logical step from Getting Ready and Getting Set, which pressing down on the gas to GO! But anyone who has operated any sort of gas-powered engine from lawnmowers to motorcycles to automobiles knows that if you pump on the gas too much you will flood […]
You spend an inordinate amount of time getting ready. You spend an excessive amount of time getting set. Neither of those two things become an issue until you realize that you’re not spending any significant amount of time on GO! Getting Ready From starting a business to writing an article — people spend way too […]