The thing about becoming great at your job and demonstrating how reliable you are is that people will come to rely on you more and more for achieving greatness. Some might consider that a blessing, while others would consider it a burden. When you make yourself the go-to person, you become an essent...

As we approach the end of June, we are getting close to halfway through the calendar year. Not only is this a time to reflect on how business has been up until this point, it is a time for adjusting your organization’s strategy for the remainder of the year. You want to ensure you are on track for a...

We are all very busy, but we’re not always very productive. The reason for this is two-fold: sometimes this is because our focus is on the wrong tasks, and sometimes it’s because the work we do does not produce the results we were hoping for. 

On the surface, being busy and being productive look th...

There will be times, personally and professionally, when you will have to make a decision about pushing forward or letting go of something. We are often taught to have an unwavering commitment to our goals, to not let challenges deter us, and to become the champion of our own success. While all of t...

I recently re-read a poem by Devon Brough about how things are hard, but the beauty of life is that we get to choose our hard. At the beginning of each calendar year, we often have a renewed sense of energy and excitement. We set our goals, lay out our plans, and talk about all of the things we hope...

We often wonder why we are not getting the results that we want, yet we don’t change what we are doing in order to change the outcome. If we want different results, we have to take different actions. Where and how we choose to focus our efforts determines our experience of success or failure. Effort...

Each of us is capable of more. More effort, more consistency, more accountability, or more of whatever else is holding us back. This does not mean we should never give ourselves a break though. Sometimes we also need more rest or more balance in our lives in order to reach our full potential. The ke...

How much more effective do you think you could be if you approached everything in business through a specific frame of mind? For the last several years, our employees have individually chosen a word or phrase for which we want to filter our lives through during the year. For example, last year I cho...

It’s easy to start losing momentum after getting a taste of time-off during the end of the year. You have been working hard to meet your annual and fourth quarter goals, and you’re ready for a break. Now is not the time to give up though. Keep pushing forward, and finish out the year strong. The key...

Social loafing is the idea that when individuals are working in a group, they put in less effort than when working on their own. The assumption of a social loafer is that whatever they choose not to do, someone else will take care of. Unfortunately for some, they are often right in that assumption. ...

My success is not just my own. My success comes from the teachers who inspired me, the friends who encouraged me, the family who believed in me, the professors who pushed me to be better, and the lessons that life threw my way. 

When I was in school, I put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best...

Setting goals is not about what you get; it’s about what you have to become. Although this stems from a desire to accomplish something great, when you are setting a goal, you are stating that you believe you are the kind of person who can achieve that goal. This belief in self is powerful because al...