Setting goals for yourself is good. It’s better than good — it’s required for living a personally rewarding life. Your goals may vary over the years, shifting with your priorities, wants, needs, and desires. Part of your life might be focused on money-related goals, you might spend a decade concentrating on career goals, family goals […]
While most people probably know that Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the telephone, a lot fewer people will know that a man named Elisha Gray from Barnesville, Ohio actually documented the idea for the telephone in his journal almost a full month prior to Bell’s first sketch of his invention. However, Gray’s business […]
When people tell you to “spread your wings” they are usually talking about an opportunity to try something new in order to gain experience and become more confident in your abilities — and this is absolutely accurate and true. Taking advantage of an occasion to spread your wings also (sometimes quite literally) stretches you in […]
Who gets your ranking as Greatest Of All Time athlete? What about greatest author? Greatest inventor? Greatest actor? Philosopher? Civic leader? How about the greatest leader in your industry? The Greatest Of All Time in your own field/business role? Did you name yourself? Would someone else name you? Why not? What criteria do you think […]
When you’re at loose ends and your project is hanging by a string, things may seem to be unraveling all around you but all you have to do is find common threads to see you through. Common Threads are a theme or concept that you notice in one project or thing, but then begin to […]
Have an idea for new way to do things? Did you come up with a concept to change the way a process is done in your office? All you need now is a couple of guinea pigs willing to experiment with your new way of doings thing? If you really believe in your new idea, […]
Do you have what it takes to achieve your goals? Will you stick to your plans and be successful in the end? Why ask me? I don’t know! The only person you should pay attention to when asking about your ability to achieve the goals you set for yourself is yourself. Anyone else’s opinion is […]