Do You Ever?

Jul 24, 2011 | Business

Managing yourself is more than making yourself more organized and focused. You also have to manage your strengths. Why? Because when you overuse your strengths, you create your biggest problems. You get yourself in deep doo doo without anyone to blame. It’s all you....

The Lead Sled Dog

Jul 17, 2011 | Business

Whenever you face competing pressures, you need to know what your lead sled dog is to determine what you should do. The term comes from the dog teams that pull sleds through the snow. The lead dog is the one that determines the direction and pace for the rest of the...

The Most Difficult to Manage

Jul 10, 2011 | Business

Of all the things you have to manage, the most difficult is yourself. You cause yourself more grief, problems and difficulties than anything or anyone else around you. Face it—you just refuse to be managed. You know what you should do but you’re resistant. You make up...

The Pack

Jul 4, 2011 | Business

Here’s an important question: why would a prospective client choose you over your competition?  Surely you are different from the others. What is it? Most professionals can’t answer that question. They haven’t worked through their response so they come across sounding...

Self Defeating Behavior

Jun 26, 2011 | Business

When I had a counseling practice, I saw many people who were their own worst enemy. They would do things that got them the opposite of what they wanted. Clinicians call this self-defeating behavior, because the behaviors people exhibit actually defeat what they really...