Intensity with Direction
A layman’s definition for the term velocity might be speed with direction. What is the velocity of your life? Which way are you going and how fast? Consider a car. If it is going in the right direction, but only traveling at 1 mile an hour, it has a low velocity. If the same auto has […]
Read MoreContent and Context
In the digital word, many people claim that “content is king” as good information is vital to a great product, service, or marketing piece. However, this is only half the equation. Context is equally important. They are two-sides of the same coin. Let me demonstrate what I mean with a simple sentence: Woman without her […]
Read MoreCreate a Legacy List
This is new exercise I developed for someone who was having a hard time thinking of long term goals. Take a few minutes and consider these questions: You are 100 years old and on your deathbed. You have lived a full life and are satisfied with your personal and professional accomplishment. What legacy would you […]
Read More2015: Thirty Five Percent Over!
Reminder: today is the 126th day of the years, meaning in two days, 35% of the year will have already passed. Of course, if you are behind on your goals, do not worry, you still have sixty-five percent of 2015 remaining to accomplish something very meaningful. Nevertheless, time flies fast. Time, like water, can pass […]
Read MoreStress and Performance
Many people claim they work best under pressure. This is likely both true and false…depending on several conditions. Stress can lead to improved performance; however, this relationship only applies to certain levels of stress. The Yerkes-Dodson Law, discovered over 100 years by Psychologists Robert Yerkes and J. Dodson, informs us that there is an optimum […]
Read MoreTwain’s Law of Work
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” – Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Not too long ago, I gave a talk on the idea that Passion is a Life Management Tool as the more you enjoy something, be it […]
Read MoreBe Prompt
If you want to be very productive, you must make sure you are on-time for all appointments. Business Woody Allen once remarked that “90% of life is just showing up”. I’d like to modify this truism to state to “…showing up on-time”. Imagine that you are just five minutes late to an important meeting with […]
Read MoreConstraints and Catalysts
Question: Why do traffic jams occur, even when no accident has taken place? It turns out such slow-downs are simple manifestations of physical rules, meaning that the slowest car becomes the speed constraint on the cars directly following it. This is because of all the cars behind the slowest one can only travel at the […]
Read MoreWork, Passion, Mission
“There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers…To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. It is to solve some of the problems of life, […]
Read MoreWrite Your Epitaph
Joseph J. Luciani is a clinical psychologist and author who has stated that he would like his epitaph to say ‘I’d Rather Be Reading This’. That is his statement to demonstrate how much he enjoys his own life, even with the minor trials, troubles, and tribulations that everyone encounters. Question: How do you want to […]
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