Tolerance For Languish

Nov 5, 2017 | Business

In some of my coaching engagements, I use a particular assessment that identifies, among other traits, a person’s natural proclivity to accept things being uncompleted. Some people don’t mind having a list of incompletes on their to-do list; others have more...

How’s It Working For You?

Oct 29, 2017 | Business

Dr. Phil McGraw is a very practical, no-nonsense clinical psychologist, made famous by Oprah. His ability to cut to the real issue has given him a reputation and a daily TV show. One of his techniques is to direct the guests of his show to determine whether their...

Give Yourself A Talking To

Oct 15, 2017 | Business

Every once in a while, you are faced with the fact that there’s some discipline, habit or practice you KNOW you should start or stop, but you keep delaying it. What’s the first thing that comes to your mind? That’s the one I’m talking about. You know it holds you back...

Too Much To Do Antidote

Oct 9, 2017 | Business

You’ve heard many times people say, “I’ve got too much to do.” In fact, you have probably said it yourself. More than once. It’s a common mantra that invokes nods from everyone around because we have all been led to believe that we have too much to do. Well, here’s a...

Move On With Work-Arounds

Oct 1, 2017 | Business

“This is driving me CRAZY!” “Yeah, it’s an annoying quirk in the program. You can work around it by…” How many times have you dealt with blips and blurts that exist in systems and technology by finding ways to minimize their inconvenience? You do it all the time, to...