Posts under ‘passion’

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 [...]

The starting point, or turning point, for all great ventures occurs at the intersection of passion, vision, opportunity, and uncommon offering.  You can have a good venture without all four components.  However, in order to create or have a great venture, you must nail each component.
Passion is the fuel of your enterprise.  It gets you [...]

The new book, Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements, by Tom Rath and Jim Harter was just released and it reveals the five components to a thriving life.  These five components are no surprise but the distinctions that have come from Gallup’s 50 years of research on a life well-lived are important to note.
The five components [...]

Today’s article is in honor of the great Presidents in U.S. history as we get ready to celebrate President’s Day on Monday.  THEY DARED TO THRIVE – WILL YOU?
It is not what happens “out there” that will determine your level of success in this world.  Instead, it is your attitude, mental approach, and physical actions [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

When times are good, you are riding the momentum of the good times without consciously being aware of it. During those good times, you ride the waves and can direct your conscious mind toward low hanging fruit, tactical moves, and the vast opportunities available in the marketplace to create good results and move forward.
However, when [...]

You start a new year. You have New Year resolutions. You have goals for the year. You have plans. You know where you’re going and you are committed to getting there.
 
Then, out of the blue, just as you start to make the real progress, life gets in the way. Something unexpectedly comes up…a significant problem [...]

Each of us needs to take responsibility for the momentum and results in our life.  We need to be proactive with our personal actions to change our momentum and results.  However, there are times that we can look outside our immediate circle of influence to build on the momentum established by other momentum changers out [...]

This being the first full week of the New Year, I thought I would share three specific lessons of success and excellence I experienced or observed during the previous two weeks of the Holiday Season. Although the economy still appears to be quite stagnate to start 2009 and might be causing some uncertainty, the following lessons provide certain direction as to where you can invest your time and energy to create lasting success during any economy!

1. Everybody Loves Wegmans
2. Adventures with L.L. Bean Retail Stores
3. The New Ole Miss Football Tradition