The ongoing transformation is both good news and bad. The good news is that the Information Revolution will liberate individuals as never before.For the first time,those who can educate and motivate themselves will be almost entirely free to invent their own work and realize the full benefits of their own productivity. Genius are being unleashed,free […]
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Are you an insider…?
Are you an insider…? Business leaders are finally realizing that their most powerful assets are not their buildings, bank accounts, or even their technologies. It’s their relationships with their audiences. Relationships are about intention and attitude; shared interests, experimentation and growth. But conventional wisdom resists attempts to develop a business concept, a “brand,” around an […]
What if surfing was your daily job…?
Same waves,same beach(s), different day. The risk of skin cancer. The falling. Sand in your socks. The people hassling you for your spot on the wave. The pressure to do more sets. The other guys at the beach who don’t appreciate your style. The drudgery of doing it again tomorrow, when the weather sucks. And […]
Cashing the check …
A check in your wallet does you very little good. It represents opportunity, sure, but not action. Most of us are carrying around a check, an opportunity to make an impact, to do the work we’re capable of, to ship the art that would make a difference. No, the world isn’t fair, and most people […]
What if ocean front was your daily job…?
Surfing, Same waves, different day. The risk of skin cancer. The falling. Sand in your socks. The people hassling you for your spot on the wave. The pressure to do more sets. The other guys at the beach who don’t appreciate your style. The drudgery of doing it again tomorrow, when the weather sucks. And […]
Exploit Learning Together…
Meetup,Toastmasters, AA, book groups,workshops,team building events,midnight basketball, community college, jazz bands, … There’s a pattern here. We learn best when we learn together. It’s not merely the logistic efficiency of putting people together in a room. Now that the internet replaces that efficiency, we see that ‘more for less’ is the least of it. Learning […]
What happened to the dreams..?
Jack was a typical teenager. Overweight. Insecure. A bit soft and naive. Then one day, he had a dream. One in which he felt energetic, powerful, self-assured. That dream stirred Jake. It created a hunger that demanded to be fed. So he started going to the gym. He ran on the treadmill. He lifted weights. […]
Looking for Something to React or Respon...
In the old-school factory,the twin taskmasters are the manual and the assembly line. The manual tells you what to do,and the assembly line keeps the work coming.Its not your job to decide. When we move away from assembly and manual labor,it was easy to pretend that we were no longer working in a factory.It turns […]
Did you know Life is full of holes…?
Every scrutinized historical event fails to hold up to serious inspection. There’s missing evidence. How did he get from point A to point B? Where’s the document or the eyewitness or the proof? Your future opportunities are like this as well. Even at the hottest part of the 1998 Internet run up, skeptics wanted more […]
Feeding the fire of the spirit in you…
The human spirit,like a campfire,must be lit again each day. Unlike the spirit,a campfire is easy to observe and understand,because we can step back from it and observe it.After a night of camping,we can emerge from our tents the next morning and notice with satisfaction that the campfire has gone out.We don’t curse the campfire […]
How long between leaps…?
Kids have to change grades every year. You hit 18 and the system says it’s time to move out and go to a whole new place. Four years later, another cycle… And then? How often do we say, “three months from today, I will be doing something totally different than I’m doing now?” How often […]
Think your way up…
In some of our seminars,one consultant like to draw a picture of a ladder on the board and call it “the ladder of selves.” On the very bottom he writes”The physical, in the middle he puts “The Emotional.” and on top he places “The Mind”. We can move up or down this ladder by the […]
Discover active relaxation…
There is a huge difference between active relaxation and passive relaxation. When we play games,sports,go to the gym,swim,work in a garden,walk the dog,or play chess,we are interacting with unexpected,and our mind are responding. All of these activities increase personal creativity and intellectual motivation.The are all active pursuits. Active relaxation refreshes and restores the mind.It keeps […]
How to be a good detective…
In your professional life,whatever it is,always be curious. When you meet with someone,think of yourself as a bumbling but friendly private detective. Ask questions.Then ask follow-up questions.And then let the answers make you even more curious.Let the answers suggest even more questions.This will motivate you to higher levels of consciousnesses and interest. When you prepare […]
Put your library on the wheels…
One of the greatest opportunities for motivating yourself today lies in the way you use your drive time. There is no longer any excuse for time in the car to be downtime or frustrating or time that is not motivating.With huge variety of audiobooks now available,you can use your time on the road to educate […]
How to reprogram your mind for yourself…
If you are a regular consumer of the major news program,you belong to a very persuasive and hype cult. You need to be deprogrammed. Start by altering how you listen to electronic radio gossip,the news,and shock and schlock TV shows.Program all the negative cynical,skeptical thoughts that you allow to flow into your mind unchecked when […]