
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

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

I often use a phrase to describe people (like me) who develop beautiful lists and plans but never act: planning does NOT equal doing. When

When it rains, it pours. Yes, we’ve all heard it, and more importantly, we’ve all experienced it. Too often it seems that when we’re dealing

A quote I saw recently: “The easy way out is sometimes the right way in.” It seems that many people think life and work must

Sometimes you have to have the courage to say “no”. Yes, often we have to say “no” to enforce boundaries, protect our time and energy,

What is the key to success? Getting started, getting to work, and being persistent. So much of the work of successful people is just showing

Some estimates indicate we have over 50,000 thoughts and internal decisions to face each day. That’s a staggering number of things flying at us and

Why don’t more people use the organization’s structure effectively? I find myself asking this question frequently about corporate, private, public, and nonprofit institutions. Leaders create

Some of our best work rarely looks like work. In fact, it often looks lazy. A hundred years ago, in a largely manufacturing economy, work
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