You can set your intentions, you can write out your goals, and you can envision the sort of results you’d like to achieve — but you can’t always control the outcome itself. You rarely have 100% control over any outcome in your life. You might have a manager who has final say on your projects, […]
Volunteer to work on the weird projects. Jump at the chance to take lead on a boring project. Step up and say you’ll pull together some research or be the main presenter at an executive meeting to deliver a report. Raise your hand and raise your profile and your perceived value within your company and […]
Empty toilet paper roll, empty printer paper tray, Empty Keurig® coffee brewer water reservoir. A candy wrapper on the floor, a full kitchen trash bag that needs replaced, a dirty spoon in the sink. When you see something that needs addressed (large or small) do you address it or avoid it? I believe that the […]
There is a reason you have smoke detectors in your house and not fire detectors. The smoke is the early warning sign that a fire is likely to occur (or be present). There are other signs that you’ve learned to recognize in your life that have saved you pain, frustration, and regret… If you see […]
When a customer reaches out to you with a question, how long does it take you to get back to them with an answer? Is it closer to 3 or 4 hours or 3 or 4 minutes? Sometimes winning a new project comes down to who gets back to the customer first. Will it be […]
The hot topic of the moment seems to be a show called Tiger King on Netflix. It might be madness from the quarantine and feeling like a caged animal inside your house that made the show so popular, or it might just be people’s weird obsession with rubber-necking when they drive past an accident on […]
During these sequestered days of working remotely to help stave off the spread of the coronavirus, I think we can all agree with the idea that most of the meetings we’ve attended in the past could have absolutely been emails instead. But now with so many people sending so many emails (including yourself) I think […]