Photo by: snowpeak You know those times when you’re really flowing along through things? It doesn’t seem like anything can stop you. You’ve got the wind in your hair, you’re flying along, and dog-gone-it you’re going to win. This is the phase when time ceases to exist. You seem to float above the mess of […]
Communication: Effective Speaking Through The 3V Skills
[This is Part # 11 of a 20 Part Series to Improve Your Strengths] — Take the Strengths TEST Quote: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” -George Bernard Shaw Definition: “interchange or transfer information or ideas” You’ve seen it before, the 7%-38%-55% rule on the 3 V’s… […]
How to Find Your Passions and Purpose in Life Just By Using Your Brain
Here’s another ideation exercise coming your way! I call this one the FRUIT ROOT TREE brainstorming method. It presents a fun and natural (har har!) way to take some drilled-down base characteristics of your issue, challenge, or problem and combines them into an idea-filled meal of possibilities. Let’s dive right on in and see what […]
SMART Goal Setting is Old Hat — Here’s the New Way
It’s the 10th frame, 2nd ball; you’re hands are a little sweaty, your firing arm floats gently by your side as you await the return of your round instrument of destruction, and you know there is but one thing left to do. You must take this 15 pound lug of a thing and hurl it […]
How To Make Your Own Self Talk and Positive Thought Program
We talk to ourselves A LOT! Most of the time it stays solely between our ears. But think about it a bit. Have you ever caught yourself saying: “oh that was stupid of me”, or “oh that person will never be interested in me”, or “I’m not good enough to do that”? No? Then you’re […]
Optimism: Can You Always Have A Positive Attitude?
[This is Part # 8 of a 20 Part Series to Improve Your Strengths] — Take the Strengths TEST Quote: “Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!” -Oscar Wilde Definition: “a general disposition to expect the best in all things” You know that […]
Focus: On Getting Things Done The Right Way in 7 Steps
[This is Part # 6 of a 20 Part Series to Improve Your Strengths] — Take the Strengths TEST Quote: “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” -Alexander Graham Bell Definition: “maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea” I have a couple […]
Forgiveness, Closure, Catharsis – Give Me 5 Minutes & You’re Done
Sometimes we hang on to assumptions or decisions from the past that are not useful to us anymore. And sometimes, when we’re really not paying attention to what our life is telling us, these things can continue to keep doing what we wanted them to do in the first place… whether or not this is […]
The Only 8 Goals You’ll Ever Need to Achieve
Riding a bike is tough. Your parents, people who love you more than anyone else in the world, slap these feeble pads all over your body, put you on this crude, rude, evil looking thing called a bike, and then set you off on your way. You don’t really know what’s going to happen or […]