Have you ever had a conversation with someone that was listening but not hearing you? What about a conversation where someone was sort of listening? You knew that they were multi tasking and they were ‘yes-ing’ you? In the office, are you on a continual webex or conference call? In my current role, this mode […]
Read More Refocusing on the moment as a first step.Does that image above represent your style, maybe the hours shift a little for you? Well, it is a fallacy that such a separation even exists… Well over a decade ago, I found myself working alongside a man that has continued to inspire me with a resilience and integrity level that is matched by only […]
Read More There is no such thing as work life balance. Life is Life.Do you own your relationships? Do you have any sort of plan when it comes to those in your life? Have you spent any time considering such a thing? I believe many do not have a plan or approach, and generally operate with a ‘I should call X’ soon when it pops into your […]
Read More Applying a sliver of a framework towards owning all types of relationships, today.Prior to something important that likely needs to happen – have you ever heard this beauty of a line? “I don’t have the time” OR When something did not happen that really ought to have, possibly even a missed commitment? “I didn’t have the time” Both are likely true for the […]
Read More Busyholicism – such a thing? So this site languished for a solid 3 or 4 months as I continued to work on other projects both at work and some projects I am pursuing outside of work. Back in 2017, I spent a fair amount of time with a couple of different coaches, and in all cases the need for […]
Read More Online sidelines.This is the first post responding to a couple of questions from friends and colleagues that generally have sounded like this: What’s up with all the posts on Facebook dude? Is everything okay? When did you come up with the idea? Why are you doing this? In nearly every case, I’ve not truly […]
Read More You have to bleed on the page…NOTE: For this post – I’m deliberately cutting the timeline off of this role call to mid 2016, as I still have a number of mentos prior to this period that I’m working with today – let alone the team I joined while at Virtustream. Over the years, I have been incredibly blessed in so […]
Read More Career mentors, a roll call of inspiration and aspirations.Core challenges in your work life? What about your personal life? Do you even separate the two? When do you take a fresh look at the challenges that you have? Do you take a spin through them to determine what could be at the root of the issues? Or do you persist forward, largely shoving […]
Read More Questions strung together? Do you have a similar challenge?Just over a year ago, I took an online course taught by Kelly McGonigle at Stanford University. The course was focused on willpower, and the basis of the course was the book that she authored a few years back titled, <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>The Willpower Instinct</span>. There are a number of reasons why I sought this […]
Read More Where to Start? Do 1 Thing, Today.Back when I used to work at Subway in high school, I had a friend that was working there as a second job with a very interesting guiding principle – he promised himself that he would learn one new skill per year and take at least one trip to a new location per year. I […]
Read More One Trip Per Year or Quarterly Retreats?One of the main reasons why I have been reluctant to build this site out is the tendency to go all out in terms of performance. I can remember one of my first projects back in the mid 2000’s when I first joined EMC, and we had a project that was red and getting […]
Read More The Extreme vs Good Enough To HelpEarlier I posted about Jocko, and this notion of Extreme Ownership. If you missed the YouTube vid of his Ted Talk, you should check it out. It is riled-up-worthy shit. After watching it end to end twice the other night, it dawned on me that this guy is an outlier. Anyone that does […]
Read More Andrenalize or Establish The Underpinning.