Tag: motivation
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We Are Who We’ve Been Waiting For
About a decade ago I was working a new job where it rapidly became clear that they needed a new everything. You name it, it needed to be overhauled, sourced, replaced, or jettisoned into space. We were going to need to create a property management company from scratch. Without any support of any kind. No…
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The Future is Coming
And we rarely stop worrying about it. But it’s coming all the same. And it’s going to arrive dressed in the clothes of the present. And you’re going to deal with it just like you dealt with each new day that arrived for all the years you’ve been blinking & breathing. More on that in…
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“I Like Solving Problems…”
I’ve had multiple conversations with people about what they want to do and this line keeps coming up. People, generally, like solving problems. Our preferences for types of problems differ but the spirit remains. Why aren’t we tapping into more of that in our conversations with our teams? 95% of meetings I’ve attended looked like…
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“Be Quick, but Don’t Hurry”
John Wooden was arguably the greatest basketball coach of all time. While leading the UCLA Bruins the guy won 10 National titles in 12 years, including seven in a row. You don’t get to that status without dropping some serious wisdom along the way. And that brings us to our title; one of Wooden’s best…
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A quick word on how to Know Yourself
Ethan Hawke breaks down something pretty cool in this short Ted Talk and in the interest of time I’ll pull out the quote that stunned me. “We’re here to help each other, but first we have to survive, and then we have to thrive. To thrive, to express ourselves, we have to know ourselves. What…
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“A leader solves problems even if they’re not on their agenda.”
Ask yourself two questions: Who’s it for? What’s it for?
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Thank God It’s Monday! No, Seriously…
Thank God It’s Monday! No, Seriously….
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Drain. The. Swamp.
This has been a reoccurring theme for me lately. Why are you there? What is your mission? The sum total purpose for your existence in this place, at this time, is to do… what exactly? Some helpful questions to ask yourself periodically to help avoid alligators: What am I doing here? Why am I in…
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Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation TED talk
This is an absolute classic and one that has helped me decide what kind of work I most enjoy doing. The three keys towards fulfilling, cognitive work, are (summarized briefly): *Autonomy – Do you control a majority of your time at work and what you’re working on? *Mastery – Are you doing something you can…
Robert H Myers 