Gillian, one of the individuals I mentor, recently asked me about ‘getting promoted’.
She asked ‘What is the quickest and easiest way to get promoted?’
As an employee, we all want that promotion, don’t we?
Isn’t it our ultimate goal to rise above the ranks and be somebody in the office? Great pay and great respect.
In order to [...]
GPS usually stands for “Global Positioning System” But it could stand for “Growth Plan for Success.” You need a plan to reach any stage of success, and success usually is a result of personal growth.
So what should you consider for your plan:
Thinking And Acting Positively
Thinking and acting positively is part of training yourself [...]
People often ask me for my thoughts on becoming a new Manager. My immediate reaction is ‘great, fantastic, go for it, it can be a great and diverse career move’, quickly followed by ‘Do you know what you are letting yourself in for?’
Many years ago, I moved from a technical role to my first management [...]
One of the major characteristics shared by nearly all of those people who are in the 95% of the population not experiencing the lives they desire is the propensity to have richly developed negative mental attitudes. A characteristic shared by nearly all people in the 5% who live their dreams is they have richly developed [...]
Success in any entrepreneurial endeavour is conditional on a simple truth: Learning does not always require thinking.
Actually, thinking often hinders learning.
Hinders learning?
That flies in the face of most of what we know, doesn’t it? As children, we were often reproached when we made mistakes: “You just weren’t thinking! Don’t you ever think about what [...]
Don’t you just love to see children at play? Little girls giggling, or dreaming, or dressing up? Their energy is light and delightful. You have that same energy inside you.
Once you get your roles as little girl and grown woman straightened out, you can enjoy the very best of all aspects of yourself.
It’s time to [...]
Which life do you lead?
Do you consider your life to be constructive or would you describe it as destructive to you and all around you.
Both result from a chain reaction, one leading to a downward spiral and the other leading to an upward spiral.
Living a Destructive Life
What do you remember about your childhood, [...]
Whatever business you are in, you will find that there is one key cause of your success.
How your customers experience your business and service.
Many departments and companies have processes in place for assessing their services to their customers.
However very often the measures in place don’t reflect what the customer perceives to be important. They [...]
Is Life Only A Carousel?
The ultimate challenge of life is being born a boy. From the beginning there are all kinds of annotations that a boy has to overcome, like right out of the womb there is, “Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails, that’s what little boys are made of.” It must have been [...]