Posts under ‘goals’

“Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.”
– Stephen R. Covey
The starting point for all breakthroughs is a compelling vision for the future!  Your potential can NOT be reached if you simple push hard from where you are.  There are too many [...]

“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
In all things, planning serves a purpose.  The purpose in NOT to develop perfect plans!  It is to channel and challenge your advance worrying.  It is to work through your thoughts and ideas on what is possible.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
The [...]

2009 will go down in history as a brutal year in many ways.  Those who have focused their energy on adapting early to the new reality presented in 2009 will see 2010 as the BEGINNING to the END of a very rough patch.  Those that waited for things to turn around will see 2010 as [...]

It is not possible to be fearless in action if you do not accept temporary failure as a part of the process.  There will always be too much fear associated with your action when you try to avoid failure in moving forward.   No success path comes with all the answers already provided.  You must take [...]

It’s been said by many runners that mile 18 of a daunting 26 miles marathon is where you need that extra motivation, focus, and push to get to the finish line.  This critical hurdle does not last through to the end of the race but it must be overcome to successfully complete the race.
The same [...]

“We have overstretched our personal boundaries and forgotten that true happiness comes from living an authentic life fueled with a sense of purpose and balance.”
– Dr. Kathleen Hall
U.S. Open Tennis Champion, Kim Clisters, just won her second career major.  She did this after retiring from tennis, getting married, having a child, and then returning from [...]

No matter what goes on in the economy or world, we all arrive at an equilibrium that is determined by the driving forces and restraining forces in our lives.  This equilibrium ultimately determines the results we get relative to the economy.
In booming times, our personal equilibrium is able to produce better results than what we [...]