Process to Stop Reacting

What kinds of situations cause you to react?  Here is a process to train yourself to respond instead.     Practice!  Pick a situation in which you have a tendency to react, recall the thought which started the reaction and decide what thought are you going to substitute it with when that situation happens again. […]

Intentional Employee Engagement

This is my interview  June 9, 2014 on Dave Campbell’s radio show, Clarity from Chaos, on the Doublewide Network. We got through about half of the Intentional Success System™ to help both organizational leaders and employees develop the attitudes, knowledge and skills to become more intentional about creating a great place to work. Leave us some feedback […]

Don’t Flow with the Currents

In Stephen Covey’s book, “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” his first habit is to ‘Be proactive.’ Covey states, “This is the ability to control one’s environment, rather than have it control you, as is so often the case. We don’t have to function on ‘auto pilot. Proactivity means that, as human beings, we are […]

A Role-Model for Self-Improvement

I’ve talked many times about one of the  most inspiring and influential characters in history who was not always the epitome of  upstanding behavior, exemplary interpersonal skills or the perfect example of the kind of life we we would want to fully emulate.  His substantial contributions to us include bifocals, the lightning rod,  the library […]

Make Life Worth Living: Ensure Your Career Matches Your Passions

Every morning, or whatever time you wake, you’re gonna have to roll out of bed, get ready for the day, and do something: most likely work. Equally, once work is done you’re going to decompress or relax. Think working out, enjoying entertainment, pursuing a hobby, socializing, or some combination of the four. Throughout the process, […]