Life and writing – beautiful metaphors
Life and writing – beautiful metaphors. I wholeheartedly enjoy the ability to write and create my own materials in any situation I find myself in. Sure, I can write for the other guy, but when it’s just for my own pleasure, I like to allow myself to research and design materials based on my own creative needs, my own passions. The same holds true for those of us who present to live audiences. The same holds for those of us who present in person, to live audiences, like teachers, lecturers, and public personalities, etc. It doesn’t matter which field you may be presenting on – all that really matters is that…
Change how you think – and you will change your life
By nature, you are happy, caring, respectful, and have a deep appreciation for those around you. You are a good person. Yet some days you feel like “meh“. It’s a jolt to your happy-go-lucky self, to have to put up with other people who don’t feel good about themselves; or anything in general. In fact, they feel so bad about themselves and their plight in society, that they want to make everyone around them feel just as miserable. They like to control, their bossy, whiny, vindictive, and they want to be YOUR friend. Don’t pay the ransom – I escaped! I escaped from the “meh” mindset – and so can…
How to keep from falling behind, when you are already ahead – STOP
How to keep from falling behind when you are already ahead: Stop. A lot of us live our lives like this. Meeting deadlines, negotiating deals, and setting up operations or systems. Once you are caught up and on track, you still sense a nagging thought in the back of your mind that says, “I gotta keep going”. “I can’t relax”. I’m all caught up, but why do I feel like I’m late? I’m all caught up, but why do I feel like I’m late? Just recently, I finished a project that was eating up a lot of my time, and left me feeling on the edge of my seat. If I finished…
Effective Leadership missing in the Equation?
Effective Leadership missing in the Equation? I was reading an article this morning from Harvard Business School called American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do. It was to the point, but it had one thing I thought was missing: effective leadership. Effective leadership was missing from the equation This is the type of topic that authors write about. You find one disgruntled employee who had a manager or supervisor who turned out to be the devil him or herself, and you have a story. How that story is spun will determine the type of outcome you will have. I know the problem, I want the solution. Are…
It’s the simple things in life
It’s the simple things in life, it really is. The simple things that make you feel good about yourself, others around you, and the world. I think that one of the worst things you can do is to listen to your own thoughts and try to rationalize and dwell on a stupid mistake that you might have made. There is no rationalization, you just made a mistake, own up to it, and move on. Maybe you feel that those around you really don’t know you, or understand your potential. You are just going through the daily motions of working and hoping someone will notice something good that you did that day. That’s not…
