What’s your cause?

A “cause” is why you do what you do, and can be used for keeping focus as time marches on.

It can also be a motivator, a reason and even a defining statement of what you’re about.

Southwest Airlines is about the freedom to fly and connect with loved ones through the much lower fares they offer…and they seem to wrap their Culture around it. Maybe that’s why they have been such a great company and service for all these years.

You don’t have to be a company to have a cause…just figure out what you’re about and wrap what you do around it…you just may get the same success that Southwest Airlines has been experiencing…wouldn’t that be nice:)

Yours in a cause – Coach

We can all make our own…

Difference in this world, no matter what we do.

Can you imagine if everyone, did what they do, and had a Purpose tied along with it, to make the world a better place?

The world would probably be a little different…and better.

So let’s all tie what we do, with a purpose.

Otherwise the planet will stay the same.

Yours in “Purpose” – Coach

We all know about…

Choosing our Battles – we’ve talked about it before…but we haven’t talked about is..

Choosing our battles – especially in our own minds – because the battles that are created in our own minds are usually “created” by us and not real.

We all know the deal – we have a constant tug of war going on inside our heads and many times, when we get “out of our heads” and reflect objectively – it makes very little sense.

So what’s going on in our head? Are we not satisfied with our health or body? Or a challenge with our job?  Or, as is usually the case, a perceived riff in a relationship? If so, maybe we should take a good look, objectively and deal with it “outside our head” or call a truce on the inside…because it usually makes no sense.

Then we can get on with our lives and have our minds focus on what is real and what really matters.

Yours in “Clear Thinking” – Coach

No Regrets, Only Lessons…

We are not born with experience, it is created by living our lives and shaped by our choices.
We sometimes make poor choices and can either learn a lesson or have regrets.
By having regrets, we spend our present and future strolling down “Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda Street” which serves no purpose.
Finding lessons from our past experiences can be used as a positive guide towards making our future just that much better.
So if we have made a poor choice int the past, like we have all done, take it as a lesson and move forward, or have regrets and live in the past – all our choice.
– Dr. Vik, The Culture King

Look at the “Whole Picture”

Many times we tend to focus on the situation or person without regard to the whole picture.

I even catch myself at times…as well as people I coach. One of the main topics I come in contact with are challenges with family members.

For instance, the parents get all lathered up because their teenager is acting up, doing this and that…but looking at the whole picture reveals that they are just a teenager, doing what teenagers do.

Not meaning that you need to ignore, allow or put up with actions that are not to be tolerated, it’s just the way teenagers act. If you really think back, you probably weren’t a gem in your teenage years either. So looking at the whole picture may help you to see things as they really are and give you the patience to act or respond in a different manner.

– Dr. Vik, The Culture King

People’s decisions are based on…

Their beliefs.

Therefore, since what we believe, is a base for our decisions, we can understand that our decisions create our actions, and our actions create our future.

So what are our beliefs about our future?

Our we believing our lives and future is not that good, or great?

Do we believe we are not in control, or in control?

Do we believe we are worthy of a great life, or not worthy?

These question may seem silly, but it all starts with our beliefs and ends with our future.

Yours in “Believe in You” – Coach