Ask and Be Okay
When you are ready with questions you have to be able to both ask and be okay with the answer. Whether it is good news or bad. It isn’t easy to ask for an opinion. It is harder to listen Read More …
Category: career
Think Creatively
Set aside the time to think creatively as often as you can. If not daily, then weekly. Not just on the weekends. More often than you think you can. Schedule it. Book it. Do it. Give yourself the latitude. Being Read More …
Break The Rules
It’s ok to break the rules or, is it? When they are your rules. When they are stupid rules. When they are outdated rules. When there are too many rules. When they are rules that never should have been instituted. Read More …
Intention and Purpose
Live and work with intention and purpose and you will know you did the right thing. No matter what happens. No matter who likes you (or doesn’t.) No matter what you are actually doing now, and aim to do. You Read More …
Just Go and Get It
There is a very real possibility that no one is going to invite you, or tell you it is time. So. Do what you have to do. Just go and get it. Be inspired. Be ready. Be energetic. Be focused. Read More …
Alternative Plans
This is a time to be flexible and have alternative plans for things that may come along. New ideas. Things out of your control. People with other skills. Education in emerging technology. Winter weather. Alternative plans are the things you Read More …
The Simplest Solution
It seems obvious, but the simplest solution is often the best… not the one you thought of first. not the fastest to execute. not the idea that started it all. not the easiest, by a long shot. In fact, the Read More …
Make It Better
No matter what you do, try to make it better… and cleaner, perhaps, than when you arrived. with a little bit of salt. sharing with others. with your insights, edits and feedback. than before. It is time to make it Read More …
Consistent or Persistent
What is really the difference (in performance) between being consistent or persistent? Clearly the two words have different meanings, they are not synonyms, but they are similar. In many ways, they really can be the same thing. The latter allows Read More …
Here’s An Idea
What’s next? Here’s an idea. Just thought of it. For the upcoming year. Doing the best I can to remember it. Doing the best I can to put it into action. Doing the best I can to make it memorable. Read More …