(Mental) Edge.

What gives you the (Mental) Edge?  This weekend, I played in the Lifetime Fitness Tennis tournament.  For a detailed score list, click here.  Each time I step on the court I am reminded that the game is really played between the ears. Great players have a great (Mental) Edge.  It’s something I am fascinated with [...]

Engaged. Or not engaged, that is a question with many answers.

I’ve been thinking a great deal about what really makes work work? I’ve been part of a few organizations where it seems to be effortless – and then there’s other organizations where it doesn’t seem no matter is going on – it’s not working!

Are you actively engaged at your workplace? How about in the work [...]

The Essence of the YES.

I’m reading a really great book, entitled The Yes Man, by Danny Wallace.  Like many of us, Danny’s gone through life avoiding things.  Unconsciously, of course.  Or at least that’s what he’ll have you believe.  The basic premise is that Danny’s miserable.  Avoids going for a beer with his “mates,” let’s the voicemail or caller-id kick into [...]

Sabotaged by Success?

Is it possible that too much success can actually sabotage the results you are looking for?  Think about it, you start exercising, dieting, curtailing the booze.  The pounds start to drop away.  Great.  Then you try to figure out the “break-even” point of how of much can I cheat in order to still succeed.  The [...]

Love What You Do

Love is big; maybe it’s just “enjoy a bit more” for you. I think that’s great. It’s about raising the enjoyment bar a bit higher. And today, I go that opportunity to raise the bar.
At the end of the year recognition event for 220 people, I was able to provide a bit [...]

A Life Re-do.

If given the chance to start fresh, would you? It’s a question that was prompted from my reading of Rules for Renegades by Christine Comaford-Lynch this morning. Interesting. The original questions stems from author, Diane Conway, asking people this very question, “How many of you would start over if you could?” [...]

Fake it till you make it – instead, try this…

How about this instead, “Live as if…”  Live as if it’s already occurring in your life.  Live as if, you have already achieved it.  Live as if…(you fill in the blank!).
This phrase, as opposed with “Fake it til you make it” allows you and I to be real, authentic and live life with intergrity and [...]

Excellent Habits.

On the elliptical machine at the gym, a women wore a shirt with this phrase – “Excellence is not an act.  It is a habit.” Last night I was reading in The Power of Focus, the precursor to Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles, a chapter of creating habits.  Interesting concept.  Habits are those things I’ve [...]

Enhance your PMO – positive mental outlook!

From the great cop shows – everyone’s got an MO.  And, everyone’s got a PMO.  Positive Mental Outlook.  If you’re thinking this is another way to say, “is it ½ full or ½ empty” well, it’s that – AND more!  There has been a lot written about positive mental attitude and how it contributes to [...]

Eat Something Spicy!

Pass the jalapeno peppers.  Prefer something milder, go for a green pepper.  Or just add a pinch of regular pepper.  But try something a little spicy today.  Why? Because it’s going to make you sweat a bit.  Maybe you don’t have that reaction when you put a little too much spice on something. It’s the [...]