A space exists between our ears that fills with pictures of potential

Most of these mind movies are playing below our consciousness and subliminally predispose us to move us towards what is playing—and what is playing is typically 12:1 negative.  We move towards what we have been conditioned to believe.  The solution is to fill head spaces with visions of preferred futures.. The next step is to align behaviors in...

How you attempt to influence others counts – It counts in how you

You are influencing all the time. From interviewing a top candidate for a position that you’d like to fill or recommending a new course of action in a staff meeting to suggesting where you and a friend may go to lunch, life is a series of influencing opportunities. First, it’s important to distinguish ethical influencing from coercive behavior...

At the center of every organization is the collection of ideas, beliefs

, and cultural traits (collective habits).  Regardless of whether they were put there deliberately or whether anyone is conscious of their presence, habits do exist.  These beliefs powerfully but subtly impact the performance of every employee.   If a deliberate choice is not...

Successful organizations, like hurricanes, have a central core around

which everything revolves and toward which everything is focused. At the center are values (what the organization believes in) and vision (where the organization is going). Business plans and the hierarchy of organization charts make no sense in the “I” where the generation...

Political correctness is dampening the human spirit at work, at home,

and out in the community. Life is tough enough without imposing  language filters on each other. Relying on your own sense of what’s right and wrong when making language choices is risky, but don’t let political correctness blind you from  laughing at life’s humorous side...

In the late nineties, The Times Mirror Corporation acquired Achieve, a

Achieve was a motivated, values-directed team.  Employees were  aligned to maximize the customers’ total experience.  Times Mirror acquired several other companies at the same time. They made no effort to harmonize the diverse cultures.   Although they were now part of the same corporation, the acquired companies continued to compete with each...

We deny ourselves and fellow workers one of life’s most pleasurable

experiences when we side step opportunities to laugh heartily.  I’ve noticed myself responding with a polite chuckle or silent grin, to situations that left unchecked would double me over.  Political correctness has sent a misguided “ life is not to be laughed at” message...

Market analysis, branding, strategy formation, planning, managing cash

From the moment of birth, humans have an insatiable appetite for recognition.  As herding creatures, we are programmed to support and be supported by one another.  The primal instinct to belong and be valued is so powerful that fear of rejection can cause mental and physical trauma.  Our evolution into a productive group member began with mother...

Looking “out there” for a source of energy and happiness—to another

Researchers claim that happiness, beyond the accommodation of basic needs, is not influenced by education, social standing, or income.  Joy, they suggest, comes from an individual’s capacity to extract pleasure from both special events and routine activities associated with daily living. Psychologist and philosopher Eric Fromm, a holocaust survivor...

Your personal coping patterns are a highly specialized combination of

There is mounting evidence that developing traits and interests that were evident during your early childhood play a key role in  adult success and satisfaction.  This process builds on natural strengths.  Greeks called a person’s unique pattern of success a daimon.  Romans referred to it as one’s genius.  Following this line of reasoning...