What makes a person successful? What makes a person mediocre? Better yet…what if we changed these two questions around just a bit. Are you a successful person…or are you mediocre? The temptation many of us would have when answering this question would be to quickly reply that we are successful…after all no one WANTS to Read More
Tag: inspirational perspective
Does familiarity breed contempt?
We’ve all heard the saying ‘familiarity breeds contempt’. Old clichés like this don’t exist for no reason. They exist and persist because somehow their truths play out generation after generation. This particular saying’s origin is linked back to one of Aesop’s fables, “The Fox and the Lion”. Here is the fable: “When first the Fox Read More
The Danger of Denying Change
A friend and I recently joked around with a few people we had just met at a social gathering that between the two of us we knew ‘everything’! Initially, there were looks of contempt and confusion, but then the joke served its purpose and got quite a bit of laughter. I do believe it’s safe Read More
What did it take to get me here?
This past week I celebrated a birthday. Wednesday made 36 years I’ve been a fellow inhabitant on this wonderful planet. I love birthdays! Birthdays are the one time a year, that each of us get to unapologetically make a whole day all about ME! Now…while the selfish aspects of celebrating a birthday are quite Read More
DO different!
When I first started this blog I had already accepted the fact it wouldn’t have explosive popularity and grow from one follower (my mom) to millions in a matter of months. Why had I accepted this reality? Well it’s quite simple…my message isn’t sensational…there’s no soundtrack, no explosions and no A class actor doing backflips Read More
Pigeonholed?
All of us know or have known someone within our professional lives that is or has been in a pigeonhole (to be stagnate, with little opportunity or growth in your current career for a long period of time). They’re OKAY…sometimes even great at what they do, but lack the attitude, skill, will and/or emotional intelligence Read More
It’s been 1 year for Inspirational Perspective
This month marks the 1 year anniversary for the Inspirational Perspective blog and Facebook page. Over 365 days ago, I was scared to death to push the publish tab on my first blog, because for the 1st time in my life I would be exposing my purpose, my passion and my dream to the world. I Read More
Good friends are hard to find…
I have two unusual and controversial questions for you? Are you inspired or discouraged when you see success evident in the action or lives of your close friends? Have you ever been disappointed on the inside when hearing about the great achievements of another who you previously could closely identify with? These aren’t popular Read More
The Walking Stick
The past few weeks I’ve been away on vacation. I’ve spent my time away exploring parts of the Southern Hemisphere which for a portion of my travels took me to the jungles of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. While in Kimbe, I joined a group of fellow explorers on a hike through the jungle and Read More
You’re busy…but are you making progress?
A few years ago I had the privilege of listening to David Gergen (don’t recognize the name…google him) speak at a Leadership Summit in the Chicago area. I took a lot of great nuggets away from his talk…others of which I’ll probably share in the future, but one that really stuck out was as follows: Read More