Words of Wisdom – Page 23

Good Ways to Inspire and Energize Your Team Members

This post is about how to inspire and energize your team members. Each of us has a certain amount of energy that we bring to our jobs each day. That energy is affected by the people we work with and the events that take place. Since we know that ...

Don’t Be Afraid To Lead

This post is about not being afraid to lead. In thinking about this subject, I remembered a defining moment in my own life, when I was elected president of my eighth grade class. It was a hard campaign against the star quarterback of our junior high school, and I ...

Cultivating An Attitude of Abundance Attracts More Abundance

This post is about abundance. Look around you. What do you see? Do you have everything you need? Do you have everything you want? What is the difference? Are you grateful for what you have, or do you find yourself constantly longing for what you don’t? Recently, I’ve been ...

Refrain From Gossip and Spreading Rumors

This post is about refraining from gossip and spreading rumors. I don’t think we gossip intentionally. My observation is that it tends to “happen to us.” That is, we hear or see something about someone else that we think is odd, or creates an emotional reaction in us, or ...

How To Be Trustworthy and To Trust Others

This post is about learning to trust. When I first pondered this idea, I thought it was about trusting other people. But upon reflection, I realized that it was first about trusting myself and then trusting others. That is, we build trust by behaving reliably and by expecting the ...

Acknowledging What’s Really Happening Rather Than Pretending It’s Not

This post is about the unfortunate results of sending out mixed messages. Last week, I was coaching one of my clients who is a manager. He is struggling because he has to deliver a new program that his boss just told him about. This program entails changing many of ...

Pick Your Battles Wisely

Let’s consider how to pick your battles wisely. In our determination to prove ourselves “right,” we often lose our ability to see the big picture, and in turn lose sight of our ultimate goal. That is, we may win the argument, but lose our way in the meantime. I ...

Engaging In Your Work and Finding The Energy To Do It

This post is about engaging in your work and finding the energy with which to do it. Studies show that the average person puts only between 25 percent to 40 percent of available energy and ability into his or her work. This percentage may be shocking, but time and ...

Go Where The Fish Are

This post comes from the subject of fishing. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how fishing is a good metaphor for life*. Take a look at the following observations and see how these fishy truths relate to your work, your life, and your leisure time. “Go where the ...

The Best Way To Encourage Participation is To Participate Yourself

This post was inspired by the following quote from Harry Overstreet: “The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his human world. What’s the best way to get others to ...

How Great Decisions Get Made

This post is about making decisions. Have you ever observed that when we postpone making decisions sometimes, we’re actually making the indecision our decision? A few years ago when I was on the board of a nonprofit here in town, I noticed that one of my fellow board members ...

The Importance of Speaking Consciously and With Integrity

Recently, I asked a few of my clients what is one important factor they try to keep in mind in their everyday interactions with others. Many responded with the same advice: try to speak consciously and with integrity. In countless employee surveys each year, “communication” continues to be the ...

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