Preparing for the New Normal – #4 Drill

“Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.” Alexis Carrel
DRILL is the fourth technique for rearranging your life in order to adapt to the challenging times that face us all. Drill stands for locating, renewing, and using sources of energy to stay balanced and to stay ‘fueled up.’
So many [...]

Preparing for the New Normal – #3 Declutter

“Being clear of clutter is one of the greatest aids I know to discovering and manifesting the life you want.” Karen Kingston, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
Yesterday while speaking to a networking group on the topic of Preparing for the New Normal we created a list of things that get in our way, in [...]

Preparing for the New Normal

Will Rogers told us:  “Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
So are you going to get run over, are you just sitting there wondering what is up ahead on the road of life?   Rather than sit, I joined up with Kay Hubbard and Beth Kelly [...]

Talent-rich ecosystems – do you live within one?

Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class and the director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, has given us some new terminology in a recent article in The Atlantic and in an interview last Monday on NPR’s “OnPoint” with Tom Ashboork.
A “talent-rich ecosystem” [...]

A Leadership Stimulus Plan

In Sunday’s Chicago Tribune (February 15, 2009), an article by reporter Barbara Mahany entitled “Your Emotional Stimulus Plan” led me to think about a “Leadership Stimulus Plan.”
We’re most definitely in the midst of “a detectable change in the internal or external environment” (Wikipedia’s definition of stimulus). This blog entry explores whether this is “something that [...]

Check out this podcast by David Allen

David Allen has an insightful podcast titled: “Getting Things Done.” This is a great introduction to David Allen himself, and to his book, Making It All Work. It’s about an hour long, but well worth the listen. Very motivating!