RSSArchive for October, 2008
Playing it safe
Today’s thought is this quote from the former UN Secretary-General. Would be nice to keep this in mind next time you think you’re taking the “safe” route…
“It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity” ~ Dag Hammarskjold
What is Your Why?
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
–Friedrich Nietzsche
In our Time Experts Telesummit today, Dr. Jim Loehr reminded us of this quote as he talked about time—and energy–management. And I immediately wanted to share it with you here on our LICA blog because I think it speaks to why many of [...]
Brain in a blender
This is what my brain feels like this week; like it’s been blenderized.I’ve just gone through a workshop entitled, “Become an Inspiring Speaker”, and I’m in the process of preparing to leave San Francisco for a month of working from my parents house in Dallas…Both of these endeavors require my utmost attention, both are revamping [...]
Barking Starbucks expeditor?!
This week I read an article in the August Inc. Magazine about Starbucks (How Hard Could It Be?.) The author refers to a person he encounters that day whose job it is to talk to the customers in line before they get to the front counter, ostensibly to expedite their drink order.
Here’s a quick quote:
Anyway, [...]
The Oxford Project
In the spring and summer of 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein used a red marker to make a sign announcing that he wanted to take a free portrait of every resident of Oxford, Iowa (population: 673). By the time he was done, he had taken 670 pictures. 21 years later, he found as many of the [...]
Shifting to an entrepreneurial mindset
I began reading Inc. Magazine long before I quit my job at the wine distributor and pursued coaching as my career. I loved reading it because it made me feel like I was an entrepreneur – I had evidence! I could reach in my bag and pull out a magazine specifically targeted at those who owned their [...]
3 Signs of a Miserable Job
If you are feeling lost in your work, perhaps your job is suffering from one or more of the warning signs described by author Patrick Lencioni in his book, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job (read more about it here). Written as a parable, the book describes a fictional man who comes out of retirement [...]
When is good, good enough?
When is good, good enough?
I’ve been thinking of clients I’ve worked with who consistently over achieve at work, which may on the surface seem a good thing. And yet what happens is they get caught up in doing *the best* job possible regardless of whether the current task requires it or not. Doing your best [...]
Small sweet steps
I was recently reminded that when we decide to make a change we want it now – right now, thank you very much.
This applies to your job desires as much as any other part of your life. As in – today I’ve decided to change the way I work – and poof, you half expect [...]
I’m Late! I’m Late!
So exclaimed the white rabbit in the movie version of Lewis Carroll’s famous children’s story, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Time is a fascinating and universal topic, particularly because each of us is given the same amount of it each day to do with what we will. As coaches, my colleagues and I have observed that [...]