What commitments have you made in your personal or professional life? Here are a few commitment-related posts you may have missed. Click on the Quote to read the full message:
“Today is when everything that’s going to happen from now on begins.”
“Stay committed to your decisions but stay flexible in your approach.”
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The nugget of wisdom in today’s quote highlights two of the most significant elements of success.
By focusing on more things that truly matter, we prioritize the important over seemingly urgent issues we encounter throughout the day.
Caring, supportive people provide needed ongoing counsel and occasional kicks in the butt. Their encouragement causes us to stretch and engage in the hard work needed to pursue and realize the goals and objectives that matter.
Who are the people in your life who care deeply about your success? How can you focus more of your interactions on the stuff of life that really matters?
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When was the last time you visited a fine jewelry store? Imagine yourself in one, examining all the beautiful diamonds and gem stones.
I am sure that If you were to go back in time to when these stones were pulled form the earth, you wouldn’t recognize them. They would be dull, rough, and unremarkable. It takes considerable rubbing and skilled cutting to bring out their brilliance.
How and where can you examine and appreciate the daily rubs of life as experiences and resources to bring about your personal and professional brilliance?
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There is a good amount of evidence proving that taking care of hearts is an excellent strategy for business success.
Examine the literature or perhaps the “Best Places to Work” articles in your local papers, to find the superstar companies that prove this point.
The best and most inspiring organizational mission statements point to the values, beliefs, and attitudes they bring to their key stakeholders. These statements always go beyond shareholder value to include their commitments to customers, and of course, the employees and/or team members.
How can you better take care of business by creating and supporting an atmosphere in which people are truly the most valuable asset?
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It is not uncommon for people to romanticize the good old days. Just take a look at the photo albums, yearbooks, and memory banks from which we cherry-pick the choice moments when all was right with the world.
We all share the experience of “selective memory,” in which we remember some things quite vividly, and others not at all. Take a look at the stories you continue to tell – often to the chagrin of your significant others – when you’re out on the town!
How can you make the very most of your life from this point forward, by living by the idea that these are the good old days, and the best is still to come?
Here are a few posts related to Character you may have missed. Click on the links to read the full message.
“Character is revealed by action, action is motivated by character.”
“The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”
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As many of you know, I work out at Lifetime Fitness most mornings. Of particular interest to me today were the number of seniors and super-seniors working up a sweat to continue their personal excellence journeys. Marvin, in his 80s, and Ann, in her 70s, are among the most inspiring examples.
Do you know anyone who believes and lives consistent with the phrase, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”? Perhaps even you believe this to some extent.
How can you fully embrace change at any age, to live a richer, more rewarding life? What change could you make today to kick-start making change a life-long habit?
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Many people think of silence as simply the lack of saying something. It is a void, an empty space where nothing is happening.
Today’s quote asks us to instead consider silence as a seed, invisibly planted in the ground. Active listening and sincere interest are resources that help conversation and ideas grow and eventually blossom.
How can you use the art of silence to enhance and grow your most important personal and professional relationships?
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Many people celebrated Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday this past December. In his famous song, “My Way,” – written for him by Paul Anka – Sinatra sings the phrase “Regrets – I’ve had a few.”
For many of us, regret is a common occurrence, since they are almost always associated with things we didn’t do rather than the things we did.
It is amazing the feeling we experience by simply summoning the courage to try something, even if it doesn’t work out. Somehow it is in the attempting of something new that we bolster our own self confidence and self worth.
What are you going to try today or this week that will make you glad even if you fail? What might it be like if you continued trying until you succeed?
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I never could understand why someone would ruin the story by reading the end of a book first. For me it was like being given the punch line to a joke without the story that led to it.
From a coach’s perspective, however, “reading the last page” can be highly useful.
Consider the process of envisioning a new and better personal and professional future. In this process, you would likely be asked to generate written visions, missions, and goals that represent the happy-ever-after future you desire. At that point, you can reverse engineer the measurable results and action steps that will lead you there.
How can reading the last page first on your most important professional and personal life stories act as a catalyst to make more of your dreams come true?