Create creativity with a quiet mind. “TC North was standing in the shower when a potent idea began to germinate.” This was the headline for an article on the front page of the Sunday business section of the largest daily paper in Denver back in 1998. Reading it, I...
Learning to receive financially and emotionally helps create professional and personal success. The last post concluded with, “Every business and personal relationship you’re in can benefit from you giving more, but you must also be open to receiving … .” Have you...
Positive deviance takes courage and creativity If you’re not a positive deviant in your field, consider studying those who are, and then becoming one (here is Marshall Thurbers’s positive deviants network). To act with positive deviance takes courage and...
Mindful Leadership Creed … Show up and be present. Tell the truth. Play to win. Don’t be attached to the outcome. The last post focused on the first part of the Mindful Leadership Creed, being present. This post focuses on the second part of the creed: Tell the truth....
How to be a successful entrepreneur – be resilient and empowered. Jan, a highly successful entrepreneur, endured tremendous hardships throughout life, including both of her parents dying before she was 6 years old. Later, in corporate America, she banged her...
The Stockdale Paradox: Face the most brutal facts of your current reality and retain faith that you will prevail in the endgame. This is Admiral Jim Stockdale’s philosophy. He was the highest-ranking U.S. prisoner of war at the “Hanoi Hilton” in Vietnam from 1965 to...
