Posts under ‘growth’

Envisioning the step of stress testing growth when you are at the very beginning of your journey can seem like a huge and immensely challenging step outside your comfort zone.  However, by the time you arrive at this step, you should have mastered the habit of stepping outside your comfort zone.  And, if you have [...]

Verne Harnish, The Growth Guy, mentioned the importance of the proper mindset for growing your business in his July 16, 2010 blog post.  He references John Warrillow’s book, Built to Sell, which provides 8 Steps for Creating a Sellable Firm.  While I haven’t seen the list yet, I imagine the mindset that this list helps [...]

To create a potential great venture, you must nail passion, vision, opportunity, and uncommon offering.  It sets the ceiling on your potential and greatness is certainly possible with these components in place.  However, just because you have nailed them does not mean that greatness is inevitable.  You must check the viability of your venture regardless [...]

Change and complexity, in both our work and personal lives, is increasing at accelerated rates with each passing day.  Thus, we not only have to be grounded in great personal and work habits but our habits much evolve and improve to deal with the accelerating change and complexity.  Otherwise, the accelerating change and complexity will [...]

The day that will change your life forever and take you from occasionally thriving to thriving at all time is the turning point.  The turning point occurs when you fundamentally embrace a new approach to all your challenges and opportunities.  2010 provides the perfect circumstances for people to arrive at this day and make the [...]

If you are NOT living a thriving life right now, you are probably wasting precious energy fretting about the challenges and obstacles presented by your current situation and circumstances.  Acknowledging the frustration or negative emotions tied to your current situation and circumstances is the starting point for designing and living your unique thriving success story.  [...]

We just launched a new decade so it provides everyone a great opportunity to view their challenges from a different perspective.  In 2009, Suzy Welch published a highly praised book, 10-10-10, that discusses the idea of living with the decade in mind when making all our important decisions.  She also points out that we should [...]

The Alabama Crimson Tide won the BCS National Championship by beating the Texas Longhorns 37 to 21 at the Rose Bowl.  I was a few minutes from turning the game off and heading to bed when the Texas Longhorns began to rally in the second half of the ballgame.  Although the final score was decisive, the [...]

As we prepare to head into the two biggest annual holiday celebration weeks in the U.S. each year, many people are beginning to think about their New Year’s resolutions.  Unfortunately, many people will not come at their resolutions with the proper perspective.  Thus, their resolutions will become one of their first failures of the year.
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When I wrote the article “Set-up Your Own Game…”, I did not expect there to be a part 2.  However, this morning I received Seth Godin’s blog post and thought it to closely related to yesterday’s article to not provide this short addendum.
Seth points out that you could be selling yourself and your long-term future short by “accepting [...]