Tag: #priorities
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Retirement is a Ridiculous Pursuit!
In the current presidential election cycle much discussion has centered around the chronological age of the candidates, implying they are too old to serve. Quite frankly, instead of focusing on the chronological age of a candidate, I’m much more concerned about their conduct and character. That said, there are certainly times when age can impact…
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Anyone want less in life?
Do you want the most out of life? Does anyone get up in the morning and say, “I think I want less in life?” Sound like trick question? It’s not intended to be. There is quite a distinction though between the phrase “I want the most out of life” and “I want less in life.”…
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Why am I opening this cover?
If there is one thing that distracts us more than just about anything else these days, it’s our smart phones. The amount of time we spend on our devices, the incessant “dings” and notifications have become a nuisance, mind numbing, and quite frankly rather nauseating. (You may not believe this, but I’m not kidding.) As…
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Do you have Qi?
Do you have Qi? The word Qi pronounced “Chee” Is traditional Chinese medicine commonly defined as vital energy or life force that keeps a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health in balance. Those of you who have followed this blog for any amount of time know that I frequently refer to our spiritual, emotional,…
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Rightsizing your life
When a business increases infrastructure or operational costs to the point where it can no longer sustain profitability, it’s leadership and stakeholders will often resort to rightsizing or downsizing the organization. Reasons for engaging in downsizing efforts can include, your industry is declining, economic recession, rising costs, or less demand for your product or services…
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Don’t idolize the scaffolding.
I want you to picture in your mind’s eye a team of painters who have been contracted to paint a five-story building. As they begin this project, to gain access to all parts of the structure they will need to put up scaffolding. Hold that thought, but now I want you to think about your…
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Are you a Collector?
Collections. People have been collecting things since the beginning of time. Among the more familiar items that folks collect are coins, stamps, works of art, antiques, baseball cards, comic books, dolls to name a few. Whatever it is, collectors tend to have a passion for the things they collect, and their collections become part of…
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Relationship Precedes Task
Only in a Western work culture do we blow past relationships and go straight to the task and work at hand. In my overseas travels over the past 24 years, every culture I have encountered understands that relationship precedes task except in western culture and those countries who adopt the west’s work practices. During my…
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Don’t yell at the gift giver!
I recently celebrated my 69th birthday. My wife surprised me with an amazing gift. She spent three months researching and consulting with friends of ours to find the right one. On Saturday morning I was upstairs when she shouted, “Your birthday present is here.” I thought Amazon had delivered a package only to come downstairs and…
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Goals or Objectives?
Goals, objectives, are they one in the same? I think there are some distinctions between the two. Objectives may have a goal component to them, but objectives are efforts or actions intended to attain or accomplish a purpose, while goals focus more on a certain result. For instance, a goal could be to lose 30…
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