Words of Wisdom – Page 25

The Benefits of Assessing Progress In Achieving A Goal

This post is about assessing your progress toward a goal. There is nothing more satisfying than deciding what you want to do, setting a definite goal for accomplishing it, and then meeting that goal.While we go through this process, however, we often stop to see how we’re doing. This ...

The Importance of Stopping

This post comes from a lovely little book called “Mocha with Max,” by Max Lucado. I hope you enjoy it! “Several years ago my daughter Andrea and I had a bicycle adventure. She had just learned to keep her balance on a two-wheeler and was ready to leave the ...

Respecting and Supporting Nature

This post is about considering nature and the impact it has on us. Most of us work inside all day long, so the experience of nature is somewhat foreign to us. This disconnects us from nature and we often take it for granted or are surprised when natural occurances change ...

Try Active Listening

What is active listening? These days, almost everyone in business is familiar with the idea of “active listening,” that is, listening for meaning, in which the listener checks with the speaker to see that a statement has been correctly heard and understood. The goal of active listening is to ...

Appreciating Diversity

This post week is about appreciating diversity. Years ago, I traveled to Nice, France with my husband who had business meetings in that region. Soon after we arrived at our hotel, I realized that I had become quite ill. We were advised to go to the local hospital so ...

Core Ideas From a Successful Tech Professor and CEO

This post comes from an article in “Fast Company” that one of my clients shared with me. In “Can C.K. Prahalad Pass the Test?” technology professor and CEO C.K. Prahalad shared what he had learned in his many years in business, giving great advice on leadership and managerial skills. ...

An Effective Framework For Having Hard Conversations

This post is about having hard conversations with others with some suggestions that are helpful. This subject comes up with my clients more often than any other. It is certainly one of the most challenging things we have to do as supervisors and managers. It’s also incredibly challenging for ...

The Opportunities That Lie In Every Problem

This post is about the opportunities that lie in each problem. I’ve been reading a book recently about the 1918 flu pandemic. The doctors and scientists who struggled to find a cure had to spend many years studying the problems that caused the disease. Most failed. Some of the ...

Great Wisdom From The Ancient Ones

I read some quotes this week from people who have reached the age of 100. One is actually 102. I was amazed at how much their straightforward wisdom helped me through my week. I thought you would enjoy reading the quotes-they are very simple and true. – You can’t ...

Checking In On Your Progress Mid-Year

The post could be called “checking in mid-year.” I often find that checking in with myself around June 15 is a good idea. It gives me a chance to assess my progress toward my personal and professional goals. Did I continue with the exercise and diet program I pledged ...

Wake Up and Smell The Coffee

This post comes from something my grandmother–Nana–used to say in response to a variety of circumstances. It’s a wonderful piece of wisdom and a reminder as well. Each summer my family and I would travel to Maine to see my grandparents. It was a long drive, so the first ...

Being Mindful of Your Reputation & Good Suggestions for Improving It

This post is about being mindful of your reputation with good suggestions for improving it. A person’s character is the reliability of himself. His reputation is the opinion others have formed of him/her. Certainly, reputation is built on deeds. Henry Ford said, ‘you can’t build a reputation on what ...

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