Quote of the Week: What’s the next step?
Do less. Leave things undone. Stop the busy-ness. Get going. Build momentum…even if it is with baby steps. Sound contradictory or confusing?
This week we clarify and reinforce critical points and share helpful how to’s. So…
It’s a question asked frequently by take-charge-make-it-happen leaders.
It keeps things moving… Read more
Quote of the Week: Journey of 1000 miles
What if one of your BIG ROCKS is huge? A long journey. With lots of steps.
Or what if despite sorting through the avalanche of possibilities, you still have too many BIG ROCKS with lots and lots of steps?
Put these wise words to work.
What single step can you take in the long journey(s) ahead of you?
Just one step.
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Quote of the Week: Do the Big Rocks 1st!
There is a never ending avalanche of material and ideas and options and tasks and networking opportunities and on and on. We can easily get buried under all of that….or stay on top, mastering the BIG ROCKS which means we must:
Print the above reminder. Share it. Post it on your computer screen (see instructions below). We’ll be posting more BIG ROCK tools throughout the week including: Read more
Quote of the Week: Stop the Busy-ness
Too much to do? There is good reason to stop doing so much. It can do much for morale and productivity.
How to do it? We can become slack. Or lower our standards. Or we can be noble and master the art of leaving things undone. And continue to focus on ways to stop the busy-ness.
Use the above quote as food for thought and food for discussion this week. Read more
Quote of the Week: On leaving things undone
Do we really fritter away 20% of our work time with unnecessary work? What if we left that undone?
Then maybe we could get around to some of the other stuff we never get around to doing. You know…the stuff that’s been on our to do lists for a long, long, long time? Some that’s been started. Some not. But either way – these things have a way of weighing us down with worry, guilt and feelings of incompetence. In some cases – that’s good because it serves as a kick in the pants to get er done.
But in other cases – does it really need to be done?
Use this quote as food for thought and food for discussion this week. Read more
Quote of the Week: On doing too much
Many of us are playing many roles – at home, at work. In clubs and organizations. We pack it in. Trying to do it all. In way 2 little time.
Something to consider. Read more
Quote of the Week: Which dog is winning?
With many of us now fighting the dog days of summer, hoping to block their affect on morale and productivity so we can make the most of this tough year, our quote of this week is: 
It’s a quick reminder about this valuable story. Read more
Quote of the Week: New Eyes for Discovery
Another note about new endings. Sometimes we search high and low for new solutions, new colleagues, new products, new prospects, in new territories. Seeking a new path that will bring us to a new, different or better ending. When often, the best, easiest or most valuable discovery can be made with ”new eyes”.
Quote of the Week: Time for a new start?
The first half of 2010 is over; the second half about to start.
What can you do or start now to make a new ending? Read more
Quote of the Week: Mess in the Middle
This week marks the middle of the calendar year.* And so our featured quote is one I heard from Rosabeth Moss Canter about 25 years ago. 
This quote has been a valuable tool over the years whenever I’ve found myself in the middle of a project or situation that started out just fine and then became a mess.
Has that ever happened to you?
When it happens to me, I get nervous. Sometimes panic screeches in. And then there’s that nasty self-doubt. Read more
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