Posts under ‘achievement’

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 [...]

Innovation and continuous improvement are necessary components for long-term, sustainable success.  Relentless continuous improvement will make sure you survive, most of the time, in achieving long-term, sustainable success.  But, when the times are tough, you really should consider re-inventing the right 10% of all you do!
90% of what and how you do things is probably [...]

Strong decision making ability is something that separates the truly successful people from the crowd.  It is a skill that can be developed but must be supported by a positive, optimistic frame of mind and an ability to engage and align others toward a dream for a better future.
Survivors and successful people know that success at [...]

As the recent recession was finally acknowledged about 11 months into it, many organizations and individuals quickly shifted their focus from expansion to survival.  This was a necessary shift but quite short of what was and is needed to thrive during these tough times.  Each organization and individual should have intensely focused on dramatic and [...]

When times get tough, many people are tempted to withdraw, cut their loses, and wait things out.  In some ways this can be a valid strategy.  However, you must also pursue a path of growth if you are going to survive and thrive during these tough times.
“One can choose to go backward toward safety or [...]

More and more these days, we all experience times when our electronic devices need to be reset in order to function as intended.  There are vast amounts of data being feed into these devices each and every moment.  Sometimes the data is valuable, sometimes the data is garbage.  Over time, all this data piles up [...]

During the last several months, we have all experienced how life can get in the way.  It can be very challenging and lead to many negative emotions and situations. Yet, this is just a short span of our total lifetime.  We can use these challenges to help us elevate our capacity and improve our skills [...]

One universal truth that applies to all circumstances and situations is “what you focus on expands.”  Thus, it is important that you focus on “thriving” and not the “tough times.”
You might resist and say “how can I focus on thriving when I am struggling to survive?”  You can focus on “surviving” and it will certainly [...]

Long-term Strategic Planning is a thing of the past. At least it is in the form that it took in the 20th Century. Many of the components of a long-term strategic plan are still important and relevant today but some aspects of the 20th Century strategic planning process are now antiqued. The strategic planning process [...]

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 [...]