Posts Tagged ‘goals’

“I learned to embrace risk, as long as it was well thought out and, in a worst-case scenario, I’d still land on my feet.”
– Eli Broad
Great ventures not only have basic plans to start them on a great course for their journey but they also develop master plans for ultimate success early on in their [...]

“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 [...]

When you find this valuable entrepreneurial business resource, you will reap immediate and lasting benefits.  That is why your competition wants you to think you don’t need it or make sure you don’t find it.  It is a hidden asset that your elite peers and competition would rather keep quiet.  It is something that your [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

“I learned that we can do anything, but we can’t do everything.. at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”
– Dan Millman
About 100 years ago, Charles Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, was looking to improve [...]

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 [...]

Are you transitioning in these tough times?  Well, you should be whether it is being forced on you or you are driving the transition process yourself. The economy has dramatically changed during the last year and a half. When we exit this recession, successful individuals and companies will look much different than they did before.
If [...]

The number one killer of dreams or goals is ineffective strategies and approaches for dealing with frustration on the path to achieving your dreams and goals.  Frustration can lead you astray, create panic, and make anger too big a part of any situation.  None of us are immune to it!
In fact, successful people will tell [...]