Are you still burning??? In the previous blog, I covered 2 of 4 lessons regarding how to stop burnout: #1: Stop and identify the specific source of the fire (remember: everything’s not burning) and #2: Drop into your Self, listening and paying attention to what matters to you (your voice, vision and values). (Want a refresher? read Part 1).
Before we move to lessons: #3: Roll and #4: Go, I want to emphasize something from lesson #2: The capital “S” is not a typo. The Self is you as a whole human being who embodies all the potential you were born with, all the capacities actualized and not yet actualized. The “self”, little ‘s’, is the one that judges, doubts, criticizes us. It’s the know-it-all, puny, little self. Tim Gallwey (The Inner Game of Work) when referring to these 2 selves says: Our best performance happens with the “self” is quiet and the “Self” is allowed to act.
#3: Roll. Move in a different direction. Break the Continue reading » »
Ahh, February, the Love month, host of Valentine’s Day. The day millions of us express our love with flowers, chocolates and those sugar hearts with goofy sayings. The day thousands will pop the question and become engaged.
If you’ve been engaged or just plain head-over-heels in love, I bet you can remember how great you felt: energized, empowered, able to leap tall buildings. All was right with the world. You may also recall when the bliss began to blister … Continue reading » »
Do you know how your values shape your performance? Do you know your values in a way that you can access them to help you reengage and be at your best? In this story my client gave me permission to share, you’ll hear how his values and his commitment to honor his word guided him. Here’s his story…
On an international flight from China, the captain’s voice woke us: “Will the doctors on board please press their call buttons.” Continue reading » »
What you have your attention on gets attended to. Peter Drucker reminds us: “People think they measure what they get. In fact, they get what they measure.”
What are your measures getting you? Are the numbers numbing your staff or inspiring innovation? Do the measures maintain a comfortable zone or create the possibility for the extraordinary? Maybe it’s time to shake things up, reenergize your staff and your results.
Here are 3 ways to have measures boost performance. Continue reading » »
Regardless of what business you are in, in today’s economic whirlwind, if you aren’t good at change and adapting, you are probably having a tougher time than those people who are. It’s time (actually, past time) to get good at change.
Here are some beginning steps:
1. Make a declaration. Say what you are committed to accomplishing. Don’t wait for your fears, concerns to subside. Be willing to step up, whatever that means for you. Make your commitment publicly; tell your staff. If you are a solo-preneur, tell a buddy. Find allies; invite others to join you with their declaration, tell the naysayers to … Continue reading » »
