Tag: plan

Planning Ahead 

So much reactivity could be prevented and turned into proactivity with a little advanced planning.  I see stressed-out, overworked, crazy busy people almost every day

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Tough Conversations 

Are you good at having difficult conversations? You know, the ones that can hurt people’s feelings or criticize widely held sacred cows? Yeah, me either! 

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All Your Eggs 

Are all your eggs in one basket? Or are you well-diversified with optionality?  I frequently hear alarming strategies that hinge entirely on one primary customer,

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Just Don’t Die 

Unfortunately, we will all face disappointments, rejections, and outright failures.  Many people will choose self-doubt, sadness, wallowing, and despair.  I have found that the most

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Responding

  One of the biggest improvement opportunities for busy professionals is responding rather than reacting.  The person at the top of the organizational chart got

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Anticipating 

Recently, at a church service, an altar server caused a short pause by not anticipating a routine task during the service. As a former altar

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Prepare in the Good Times 

Think back to March 2020. How many individuals and businesses wish they’d not spent that moderate-to-large amount on that discretionary purchase in February? How many

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Time Heals 

I’m all about solutions. Find a problem? Solve it. Have a cool solution? Find a problem it solves and apply it.  But there are some

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