In the last issue entitled Design Your Time, the Call to Action was to take a fresh look at your daily and weekly routines to make sure your long-term goal is showing up on your schedule. Now let’s address the issue of motivation — getting yourself to show up to that newly allocated time slot. Read more
When I find myself having the same conversation in the same week with different people, that’s often my cue to share the topic with you. This happened recently with two people of different generations: one a Gen Xer and one a millennial. Read more
It was late afternoon and Norah, a client and Human Resources Manager, stated that she only had about ten minutes to talk, as an urgent issue needed to be addressed before leaving the office. Rather than rescheduling, Norah had gone ahead with our call, so I was confident that something important would transpire even in the short amount of time we had. I asked the familiar question: “What would you like to get from our conversation today that would be of value to you?” Norah’s response without hesitation: “Help me to not back off my goal.” Read more
After the last issue, Tackling A Tough Job?, several of you emailed me to say that the “I am willing” approach is helping you see your challenges in a better light. Today, I offer you a few more thoughts on approaching “big jobs” including a reminder to use music as part of your motivational routine. Read more
Many of you responded to the previous issue and are busy forming your goals. I have a confession to make. I did not set goals this year! Lest you think I’m some kind of “goals hypocrite,” allow me to explain. In essence, I still have personal and business goals which I am pursuing. It’s just that I didn’t write them down formally this time. I am progressing with the vision and goals I created last year and allowing them to continue to guide me. So, it is not that I am without goals; it’s just that I am proceeding with less structure. For me, a planner by nature, this is progress. It finds me making intuitive choices and tapping into: flexibility—spontaneity—present-mindedness. I continue to use my natural strengths of organization, planning, and breaking it down… just in a more relaxed way. Read more
Every January, I hear the same conversations and read the same articles. They pose the question of whether resolutions and goals are worth the effort. After all, they argue, so many people fail at this process and just feel worse later. Some people don’t like the word ‘goal’ and would rather replace it with some other euphemism. Call it whatever you like, but as Shakespeare said, a goal by any other name is still a goal. (Okay, I stretched poetic license on that one.) Read more