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
Tag: Murder Mediocrity
What are you waiting for?
What’s that one thing that you just need to happen?….and if it happens…all the doors will just swing wide open! How long have you been waiting for this one thing? All of us tend to have that thing, that excuse…that reason…why we can’t do something great…something risky…something we’re passionate about…something that will make us Read More
The Promise of Consistency
Have you ever seen something old, that you see everyday, for the very first time? This happened to me recently while headed to work. On this particular morning I hadn’t had a chance to eat or have my morning coffee, so as I sat at a stop light my eyes quite naturally landed on a Read More
Inspired?
I have two questions. How do you get inspired? How do you stay inspired? Do you know? If so share it with me. (Leave a comment…I can never know enough about receiving inspiration.) If you don’t know, have you thought about the implications that a lack of inspiration can have on your will to get things Read More
Capable and average, is capable of more than average!
All too often I’m baffled at how we place people who are categorized as successful, in an untouchable category. It is as if the stories of their achievements closely mirror the heroics of Greek Mythology, and our own lives mirror that of a Greek tragedy. We tend to forget that the people we look Read More
Control Your Mind, Control Your World
Recently a friend of mine was scanning through the music on my iPhone. As he perused my music he came across my ‘Morning’ playlist. After reviewing the songs in this playlist he asked, “Why do you have a ‘Morning’ playlist?”I smiled and responded, “Let’s listen to a few of the songs then you tell me.”He Read More
3 Inspirational Lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. King has been a source of inspiration for me, since I was a child. It was Dr. King (by way of my elementary school teachers) who first introduced me to the idea of dreaming and standing steadfast in a dream. To honor Dr. King, on the day that has been set aside to celebrate his Read More
2019 – New Beginnings
Here we are…2019! Another year has started and it’s hard to believe that 2018 has come and gone so quickly. The start of a new year is exhilarating because it presents new possibilities. For at least a week most of us believe wholeheartedly in ourselves and our ability to seize new opportunity. A new year Read More
Tug!
When a baby elephant is born in captivity and the trainer wants to ensure he can control the elephant, he places a rope on one of the calf’s legs and the rope is attached to a sturdy wooden post. This is the first and most important step the trainer will take to keep the elephant within Read More
16 Things You May Not Know About Thanksgiving
391 years ago (1620) a group of 102 English settlers, who later became known as Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the Mayflower. Their leader was William Bradford (1590-1657) who governed the colony for most of the next 30 years. Bradford’s wife, Dorothy, drowned a few days before reaching Plymouth in Provincetown Harbor. The first Read More