Category: Planning

Success to Significance 

Success is only valuable if it’s then translated into a significant positive impact on others.  The late Bob Buford wrote extensively about this idea in his landmark book “Half

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Where Are You Enslaved? 

A recent thought I stumbled upon: the key to freedom is self-awareness of where you’ve made yourself a slave.  This is a bit off the beaten path for me,

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Next Action Thinking 

Very little, if anything, gets accomplished without identifying and acting on the next physical, visible action.  I LOVE a good plan! I love to make plans, tweak

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Honest with Ourselves 

Are we honest with ourselves?  Life gives us lots of challenges. We dispatch many of them with ease and without much notice or fanfare. Others require

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Expectations and Accountability 

A lot of people want more accountability from their employees, partners, family members, and friends. The same people often need more personal accountability for communicating expectations

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Success 

The value of success is our ability to put it to good use for others.  There are many successful people we know all about. They live their lives very publicly

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Back of the Napkin 

So much planning and decision making would be better if it were reduced to the “back of the napkin” version.  Clients and colleagues frequently hear me talk about

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Build Others 

Build up other people.  We are too often concerned with recognition and credit. Competition in our careers and lives can, indeed, be fierce, and human nature compels us to ensure

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Difficult Conversations 

We have to have them, and we often procrastinate, avoid, or ignore them…difficult conversations.  But life doesn’t wait for us. Too often, in our rush to put off the tough conversations,

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