While working, do your absolute best, but find ways to break up your work routine with other areas of interest and value such as family, health, friends, sports, travel…doing nothing. Yes, at times, you should do nothing, sit, relax and think about your plans and goals. Be intentional with your most valuable asset, time and don’t dedicate all of it …
Executives make decisions
Executive leaders must be capable of making decisions and acting on them. As a leader or someone aspiring to leadership positions, you should always do your due diligence in gathering data and information, speaking with others in the same industry (and outside of it), but in the end, you must make a decision. Always know that your teams are looking …
How to manage time
First, look at what matters to you, I mean truly matters to you. Is it your family, your health, your hobbies/sports/interests, your business, your career…list them all. Now that you have identified you major areas of priorities (let’s say 3-5 of them), next, within each of them organize tasks and actions based on whether they are important, urgent and everything …
5 years later, nothing has changed?
Are you in the same place today as you were 5 years ago? Allow me to clarify. If you are happy where you are professionally (and personally), where you feel fulfillment, progress, advancement, contributions, and are a part of something larger than yourself..then, you have won already! Otherwise, if you are unhappy and you keep complaining to anyone willing to …
Leaders speak last
Whether you are running a meeting, leading a brainstorming session or building a strategy for a new partnership, product or a service, consider speaking last and here’s why. As the most senior individual in that room or on that call, your opinion and thoughts will influence others and at times event prevent better ideas from surfacing. Enable, empower and expect …
Put it on paper
I have developed a habit of writing important goals, plans and thoughts on paper. While I also have major things of importance in digital format on my phone (and other devices), there’s something about taking a pen and a piece of paper and writing them down, one by one. It is this process of reflection, thought and planing that often …
Why you should work for free
If you are trying to gain awareness and enter new markets, it is important to get your name, your brand, and your reputation out there. Whether you are an army of one or part of a major organization, it is important for people to become aware that you and your services or products exist. Once they are aware of you …
Friday
Does Friday make you happy? If so, why? Conversely, do Sunday nights or Monday mornings make you unhappy, sad, angry, perhaps even depressed? If the answer is yes to both, you should reconsider your career and your current job. Rethink what you do 35-70 hours per week and if it is not something that makes you happy, fulfilled and creates …
16 hours
Each day, you have 16 waking hours, if you sleep 8 hours that as, not 4-5 like I do. 😉 It is these 16 hours that determine your progress, growth and future potential. Audit and review these hours and see whether they are used in support of your goals and plans, or are those plans and goals simply talking points …
Massive action required
How do we get from A to B (no matter what those might represent) is always influenced, impacted and frequently determined by our own ACTION. Thoughts and ideas and important, but none of them will see the light of day without effort, energy, hard work all of which can be summarized in one word, action.