Category: Leadership-Motivation!
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Minimum wage work ethic?
The Bible tells us, “You must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your…
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Lukewarm
Really…what kind of word is that? Where in life do, we want something to be “lukewarm”? Do we like a jacuzzi lukewarm? How about our morning coffee? What about a shower? When we crawl into the covers at night do, we want the bed to be lukewarm? Even the book of Revelation speaks of the…
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Blame-Storming!
Blame-storming is using our creative abilities to come up with reasons why something is not our fault. This creates a HUGE emotional roadblock to creativity…called resentment. It comes from the Latin words “re” and “sentire,” which means “to feel over and over again.” It’s almost exclusively internalized, which makes it different from anger even though it can accompany the emotion. It’s…
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Designing YOUR reality!
Reality can be successfully influenced, designed, and shaped to our liking with decisions, actions, and their consequences. Asking these five questions provides guidance on the way to greatness: 1. What’s the hard part?2. How are you spending your time?3. What do you need to know?4. What is the scary part?5. Is it worth it? The…
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We are NOT, Product-Pumping Factories!
One of the main reasons why we always seem to find ourselves exhausted at work (and after) is that we have the wrong idea of what productivity is and should look like. Although we’re trained to believe that we’re valued and needed only if we’re productive, and regardless of what we do to keep ourselves…
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We all need routines…
Morning routine, evening routine, nurturing family routines, children’s gratitude routine, self-care routines. Why are the routines and rituals so important? What are the benefits of setting up a grounding routine, a system for ourselves, and how do they help us manage our day-to-day life? To be able to live to the fullest in this complex reality, humans have developed…
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Intentions…the Precursors of Goals!
We often talk about the importance of setting goals. We’ve shared lots of useful tips, how-to articles, and step-by-step guides on finding your purpose, becoming more productive with time blocking, setting clear goals and planning them properly, keeping yourself accountable, getting things done, staying motivated, and being persistent. But even so, it’s always possible to get off track and lose our momentum.…
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Marry Poppins & Time Management!
What Mary Poppins Taught Me About Time Management Whether you’re raising children or flying jumbo jets, there’s a lot you can learn about time management from Mary Poppins. Mary set the gold standard for efficiency long before nannies began starring in reality TV shows. Take a look at what you can achieve when you’re organized,…
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The Power of Accountability!
Heart. Intelligence. Courage. They’re all valuable traits, but they pale in comparison to what each of us needs most in the quest to total life success: Personal accountability is No. 1. We first introduced our powerful accountability philosophy to the world over two decades ago in a New York Times best-seller, The Oz Principle. Since then, millions of…
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Are You A Microscope? You should be…
Microscopes are all about execution, and to execute with excellence you must take zoom-focused action. Zoom focus means that you are not just working hard but working hard on the right things. It means you must identify the key, little ordinary things that are fundamental to your success, and then you must: Focus on them…
Living Life by Design 