I could run a marathon if I set my mind to it. How do I know this? After all, when I run regularly, I never run more than 4 miles and that has me exhausted. I am not a naturally gifted runner. I have several friends who were not runners by nature but set their mind
Stop pursuing the Meaning of Life. Find your Meaning in Life. I recently re-read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl, a psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, explains not so much the graphic horrors of his time in concentration camps, but moreso the psychological dimensions of survival, hopelessness, why people acted the way they did, gradations
Ask anyone and they will likely tell you they are running at 120%, that there aren’t enough hours in the day. I was that way for the longest time and set my sights on making space in my life to tackle opportunities that have always been elusive for me. My response to that sounds counter-intuitive:
Setting a meeting without a clear agenda or objective Coming to appointments late. Making no room for daily downtime and reflection Not exercising Letting your day get hijacked by impromptu priorities Saying yes to all (good) opportunities Cramming your calendar with back to back appointments Time spent on discussing the problem exceeds time spent on
Thomas Jefferson wrote this recommendation of Meriwether Lewis on his qualifications for what was to become the Lewis & Clark expedition: “Of courage undaunted, possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from it’s direction, careful as a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the maintenance
Courage has many faces. I’m speaking about personal courage, staring honesty in the face and the boldness to stand up for what we believe. We have numerous opportunities each day to act on those moments; to step up and really be honest and affirmative for what we believe. Often we stay silent, leave it for
“He complains a lot.” “He needs so much of my attention.” “She creates more problems/frustrations than she solves.” Sound familiar? We hire our team members as resources to help us achieve our objectives. When a team member tips that scale to where they create more work and frustration than they solve, then we have to
Let sales people do what they do best – sell. My good friend Bob Sappio started at APL around the same time I did. We both started straight out of college. There are many stories I could tell about the seasoned executive he is … Bob started out in sales and there is a legendary
I was working with a client, a new CEO, about the dynamics of influencing his Board of Directors , whom he, as of yet, did not know well. We discussed his ability to persuade his Board on issues important to him. I drew a bell curve with the typical vertical lines intersecting the Bell at
This story is an excerpt from my book, Our Stories Matter. (Sunflower illustration by Isabella Hutley) There are times when our filters, our preconceptions get in the way, and by doing so we miss the opportunity to see life in others, to see the world from a broader perspective. As we look to become more