I’ve received a lot of feedback on the “Balance” blog from yesterday and most of it was coming from people having a hard time letting go of work once they are at home. It’s a common challenge, but what works and has worked with the people I’ve coached is a couple of things: 1. Make… Read more »
Than our own expectations? Occasionally, we do, but it’s not the best made plan. Hope is bound to include outside help to step up, before we do. It’s our own expectations that gets our wheels turning by our own power, driving towards what we expect. So next time your find yourself relying a bit too… Read more »
Is also in our lives. We’ve all heard about the law of attraction, and it’s not just about attracting what we think about, we also seek and find what we think about. If we think mostly about football, it is football that is around us. If all we think about is food, that’s what we… Read more »
Are the 3 “things” that we can’t live without, and are ranked in order of priority to life: 1. We can live up to 7 days without water. 2. We can live up to 11 days without sleep. 3. We can live up to 70 days without food. Good things to know, in setting up… Read more »
A quick fix is the easy route but may not solve the problem. Whether it be be mechanical, personal or in business…you may just be wanting to fix it “now” and even occasionally be tempted to bring out the duct tape…but most problems or “challenges” as we like to call them, need time. When it… Read more »
Most underused words in our language. These 2 words can elevate our world and the world of others, if we said it more. It shows acknowledgment, and recognition…the 2 things people desire most, even above money. So let’s get these 2 words back into our vocabulary, and when we say “Thank You”, let’s mean it… Read more »
We tend to only schedule our headaches? With “To do” lists…”To do” this, “To do” that: Pick up the laundry, go shopping, clean the toilets, mow the lawn, go to work, gut the garage, buy the present, finish the chores…not a lot of love there. We need to spin it, and schedule time to “Do… Read more »
Any road will take you there”. Good plan, if you don’t care where you end up. But last I checked, most people want to know where they are going to end up. So all we have to do is make a plan to where we want to go, and then we will be looking for,… Read more »
It’s a journey. Happiness is not found in the end results, it is found in the process. Happiness is not a destination, it is the way to travel. We can put it in many forms, but we must always remember that we need to find and enjoy happiness along the way, and not wait until… Read more »
Echoes for Eternity. In the Leadership Essentials class that I delivered at Zappos, we said that “We are building this company for our grandchildren”. And “What we do today, will be reflected in our business 50 years from now”. But maybe “Echoes for Eternity”, is more fitting. Yours in “Choices” – Coach