Month: February 2020

Our life, with its nine-areas, can be likened to a house or our bodies. A house is a structure within which there are many systems all working together, hopefully, to make our life easier, safer, more comfortable and convenient. Systems like electrical, plumbing, security, HVAC, and others. Our body is a structure consisting of many systems all working together well, hopefully, to make us healthy and functioning at our peak. Systems like nervous, skeletal, respiratory, digestive, and more. When there is harmony among all these systems, the house and the body operate at their best. And so it is with…

Some people plan as a natural extension of who they are. They wouldn’t think of taking on any project, small or large, without putting a plan in place first. Others, think planning is a waste of time and pride themselves on their ability to handle any situation as it comes on the way to their goals. And then there is the middle group who start out planning in their heads how they will tackle a particular goal and then partway in when they think they have a pretty good idea of how to proceed, forget the rest of the planning…

“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more”. Rosabeth Moss Kanter.  This is so true. Since there are so many quotes and analogies for what a VISION is and what it is for, I would like to focus on three important aspects of this critical skill.  First, think of a time when you had a future event you looked forward to. A vacation, important business trip or event, an important presentation you had to make, a happy event like a wedding or special…

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”  How do you know what the right thing is? What guides your decisions and choices? Gut? Logic? Facts? Majority Opinion? Whatever seems right at the time?   Did you know you already make many of your decisions and choices based on something inherently a part of you that you probably don’t consciously consider near enough?  I’m talking about your Value System-Your VALUES. VALUES are “important…