Read This Whenever Wallowing

Eagles and hippos. They speak not a word but say so much. Even more with the help of “interpreters” like Carl Sandburg.

Get Off the Log

Both soaring and wallowing can be an enjoyable and productive use of time. Read more

10 Ways Out of the Mud

 

This Quick List is a companion piece to our Leadership Quote of the Week about wallowing in the mud.

Both soaring like an eagle and wallowing in the mud like a hippo can be an enjoyable and productive use of time. But sometimes we want to wallow in the mud when we need to soar like eagles. And then sometimes, wallowing in mud can lead to being stuck in the mud which is bad news for morale and productivity.

When we are unproductively wallowing, how can we get ourselves out of the muck?

Here are 10 Ways Out of the Mud.

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Got a problem? In a jam? On overwhelm?

This week’s quote comes from a lesson from my Dad – one I have shared far and wide with clients and readers. And one I have reminded myself of often – as recently as last Friday.

Problems, like the hill in front of you, keep getting smaller the more you advance on them.

Here’s the story behind the quote.  It happened close to twenty years ago. Read more

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Dealing with Giants

I knew of a long list of giants that would or could show up along the Boston Marathon course and had prepared for each one.  I got over or around every single one of them that day.   Except for one I never considered, one I’ve grappled with for days.

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Simple Problems: Simple Solutions

The facilitator for the April meeting of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Small Business Roundtable was Tori Williams Reid, Ph.D., co-owner of Right at Home – Durham/Chapel Hill, an in-home care and assistance company.

During a session entitled,  Simple Problems Simple Solutions, Tori invited participants to share current business problems and then for each one, she led a discussion on potential solutions.At the end, she asked participants to share aha moments – things they had done that had changed their business. Read more

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