Gray matters…That is the gray substance that exists between your ears. It’s been said that technology is doubling every six months, a statistic that has been reducing in time and increasing in speed. As technical know-how advances, so does the need to keep our minds sharp and our access to information fluid. Your ability to acquire knowledge, master skills, and put the skill to use in solving life’s challenges is your intellectual horsepower. Read More
The State of Misalignment
We’ve all seen the results of poor alignment:
- Poor performance (duplicate efforts, dropped hand-offs, excessive time to completion)
- Poor customer service (not having all the information a customer needs, not having the most up-to-date information, different people giving different and conflicting responses)
- Frustrated people (leading to high turnover, marginalized performance, and loss of momentum) Read More
T’was the very season in which most people slow their normal pace and scatter joy, as Emerson espoused, when I was frantically racing around the grocery store aisles. Muttering under my breath, “I need this, and I need this, oh and this…and oh yeah this…” I quickly found my arms filled with just one item too many, and more than I had come into the store to buy. I scrambled to the checkout counter when “SPLUNK” happened. Read More
Ralph Boston, an Olympic athlete from the 1960s, said it right, “Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It’s what you do after you cross the line that really counts.” Read More
Getting fit takes discipline, dedication, energy, sacrifice, pain (sometimes physical and/or mental) – and so is it any wonder that at a time when it seems that the masses lack the moxie to ‘stick to it’ that people are more out of shape than ever? Statistics show that more people try and fail at exercise (and eating healthy, and quitting smoking) than succeed. In my opinion, this is downright criminal.
What happens that when we have more access to information and education than ever, that health and wellness actually worsens??? Baffling, to say the least – or is it?
I see very much the same thing when it comes to business Read More
