Posts Tagged "Leadership"
Bloody Fingers, Rock Climbing & How They Apply to Your Small Business
We were not naturally designed for rock climbing. The flesh on our fingers is soft, warm, welcoming; designated for touch and communication, not for climbing on brutally jagged rock faces–worn hard and craggy from wind and rain since the beginning of time. A new climber faces the reality of her climbing ability very quickly, nearly instantaneously, from the moment she reaches out for that...
Read MoreBefore You Name Your Kids…
…take into consideration global networking, the Internet, and scarcity. We actively observe–every day–as the ways in which we communicate, connect and work, continually transition, thus transforming life as we currently know it. For us, this change is becoming a way of life. We adapt and conform in order to make the most of this global networking transformation. Our...
Read MoreKids, don't try this at home.
Welcome to a world where failure is more discredited than ever. Ask yourself this: Where would we be without failures? Okay, wrong question. Where would we be without failures whose next decision, post-failure, was to try it again with a new twist? Excellent, that’s right…no where. We wouldn’t be or ever be anywhere. We would be stuck. What is risky? Failure is...
Read MoreTrade Outer Expectations for Dreams…Is Your Heart Artificial?
People have had expectations for you before you were even born. When your parents got married they more than likely thought about the children that they would one day have, and what would become of them (you!) once they were off and running on their own. Teachers expected you to turn your homework in on time and in a readable fashion. Your basketball coach expected you to make 85% of your...
Read MoreShould We Be Worried?
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb Do you have time to worry? I remember this one instance where I worried about a certain challenge in my life for days and days, and then, all of a sudden, the clouds parted, the issue cleared itself up and all was beautiful-solved and finished as if the worry had never existed at all… …that instance was...
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