It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do. ~ Elbert Hubbard Anxiety is caused by a lack of control, organization, preparation, and action. ~ David Kekich Talk does not cook rice. ~ Chinese Proverb In yesterday's post I shared a challenging … Continue reading On Leadership: Less Talk, Make It Happen
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On Living with Purpose: Be There
Wherever you are, be there. ~ Jim Rohn I recently read an article about Arianna Huffington where the interviewer asked how she built her amazing professional network. The interviewer also noted that Ms. Huffington never seemed to get ruffled, no matter how the chaos swirls around her. In fact, she almost seems to be … Continue reading On Living with Purpose: Be There
On Career Development: Accountability
Accountability: “A personal choice to rise above one’s circumstances and demonstrate the ownership necessary for achieving desired results – to See It, Own It, Solve It, and Do it.” ~ Roger Connors, Tom Smith and Craig Hickman This quote comes from the book, The Oz Principle, written by the founders of the consulting firm … Continue reading On Career Development: Accountability
On Career Development: The Ability to Focus
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. ~ Stephen Covey In yesterday's post I introduced the acronym FACE IT to identify six leadership attributes I believe will help accelerate your career and professional development. The six attributes are Focus, Accountability, Customer Driven, Execution, Innovation, and Teacher. The first attribute, … Continue reading On Career Development: The Ability to Focus
On Career Development: Getting Ahead in a Difficult Profession
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent. ~ Sophia Loren I used to think that the school you went to and the degree you received really determined how … Continue reading On Career Development: Getting Ahead in a Difficult Profession
On Leadership: Truth is Simpler
The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought. ~ Richard Feynman One of the books I refer to frequently in my coaching is Crucial Conversations by Joseph Grenny. I recommend it for your axiom leadership library. In the book Mr. Grenny discusses how we often hear, read, or see something and … Continue reading On Leadership: Truth is Simpler
On Career Development: The Harder You Work The Luckier You Get
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ~ Thomas Jefferson I have also heard this expressed as “the harder I work, the luckier I get.” I have found this to be to be true in my career. I do believe luck plays … Continue reading On Career Development: The Harder You Work The Luckier You Get
On Living with Purpose: The Measure of Your Life
The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away. ~ Dr. Wayne Dyer As you think about this quote today, I encourage you to not think in terms of giving away money; although that resource can be used for good. Instead, I encourage you to think … Continue reading On Living with Purpose: The Measure of Your Life
For Sunday: The Hour of Your Decision is the Crisis in Your Destiny
Your first duty in life is towards your afterself. So live that your afterself - the man you ought to be - may in his time be possible and actual. Far away in the years he is waiting his turn. His body, his brain, his soul, are in your boyish hands. He cannot help himself. … Continue reading For Sunday: The Hour of Your Decision is the Crisis in Your Destiny
On Leadership: The Essentials of Trust
Having spent many years trying to define the essentials of trust, I arrived at the position that if two people could say two things to each other and mean them, then there was the basis for real trust. The two things were "I mean you no harm" and "I seek your greatest good." ~ Jim … Continue reading On Leadership: The Essentials of Trust
Steven Lee Elder 