Often you won’t reach your goal immediately. You might even feel like you aren’t making progress. Stay focused on your goal. Keep it in your mind. Keep writing it down. Don’t lose heart. Here is a very minor example from my own life. For months, I realized that I needed to wake up earlier and … Read more
Why is one person the authority and the other person consuming (listening to) his/her perspective? This is a tricky business, but it boils down to two items probably in equal measure: Experience and knowledge The presumption that one knows what he is doing and should share it with others Most people with tremendous experience and … Read more
You choose to be happy every day. You can choose to make each moment as positive and productive (in the sense of producing the best result) as possible. Choose to be happy now, in this moment. It isn’t over the horizon contingent upon achievement. Choose now. There is a balance between producing and consuming. Almost … Read more
“Rushing is often a manifestation of fear. That said, moving quickly is not the same as rushing.” ~ TomJohnston.org
In society, which roles compare to which pieces on chess board? Knight = A military officer. Bishop = An entrepreneur. Highly maneuverable, but not at the true pinnacle of power. Queen = Leader of a country. Supreme power. King = A Billionaire without dynamism (maybe inherited wealth). Pawn = Virtually everyone. Rook = Spiritual leader. … Read more
What’s Draining Your Energy? Why? What people? What things? Why do you let this persist? Do cords need to be cut? You can make the necessary changes, and you can do so compassionately.Think about it. Gently fix the situation if the time is right.Otherwise, how will you make progress?
I have to chuckle. Perhaps this 90-day challenge should be called the $1,000 guillotine. Each day I wake up and get something posted. I just get to work. It’s good.
One of the things I’ve found challenging and interesting as I move into online entrepreneurship is the need to allow my ACTUAL PERSONALITY to come through in the content I create. It’s interesting that the corporate or government worlds encourage a different professional dynamic–one in which all the particular edges of our unique personalities get … Read more
With this 90 day challenge, I am shooting more for quantity, not quality. I’ve realized that the quality of my posting–particularly whether the postings and site all hang together under the right niche–is simply not going to happen without a lot more experience. So, I’m doing something that is NOT natural for me. I’m focusing … Read more
One of the things I have found most interesting, most challenging, and most rewarding about the entrepreneurial path is that it has exposed buried negative thought patterns. The most intense has been my discomfort with the uncertainty of life outside a traditional 9 to 5 job. If you can’t handle uncertainty: you will be challenged … Read more