When you look at this image, what do you see? Do you see the “gap”? The amount that the performance is short of the goal. Or do you see the 50% improvement that has been made to close the gap? High-performing people are constantly setting goals and striving to meet those goals. Once we meet…
Earlier this month, I wrote a post about how you could Marie Kondo your to-do list. Later that day, I met with a client of mine, and he was skeptical. “I can’t knock things off my to-do list just because I don’t want to do them. I have clients that need me to get stuff…
Imagine you are driving through a snowstorm at night. The snow is swirling in your headlights, the lines on the road are obscured, the road is slippery. How do you respond? Do you speed up and try to get through the snow quickly so that you can get to your destination before it gets worse?…
So you’ve got just a few goals for this year, and you must accomplish them. You want to increase your commitment, but you feel resistance. Even though these goals are critical, you’re not sure that you will follow through. What’s that about? Commitment is scary Going all in on your goals means that if you…
None of us got to the point where we were working non-stop because we thought it was a good idea! We did it because there’s so much work that needs to be done! Or so I thought. As I’ve been learning to slow down, I’ve discovered something unexpected. Most of the work I thought was…
When I was a kid, my dad would frequently tell me, “The time to rest is when all your work is done.” It was a good lesson for a teenager prone to lying on the couch reading a book all day! But as an adult, I’ve found that the reverse is true. The time to…
Shake up a snow globe, and the flakes swirl around and obscure the view. Let it sit, and things settle down. The view clears, revealing the scene that was there all along. When I run around, busy all the time, my brain keeps track of a thousand things. All those thoughts, loose ends, and unrealized…
I’m going to take the next couple of weeks off, so you won’t be hearing from me again until after the holidays. I used to be anxious about taking time off at the end of the year. Now I know, that there’s nothing more important than some time off; baking cookies, sitting by the fire,…
Do you ever stop what you are doing and listen to the chorus inside your head? I just took 10 sec, and this is what I heard: What do you notice about this list? How do you think I would react if someone walked into my office and started blurting that stuff out to me?…
Sometimes my head can get into a bad neighborhood. Does that ever happen to you? It could be a regular Tuesday, but something happens, and I can’t see straight. Everything looks dark or tilted against me. If I try to get something done, I see nothing but bad outcomes. My resourcefulness and creativity plummet. The…