Jan 11
You may have noticed that I have been asking a lot of questions in our digital dialogue about getting unstuck. There is a reason for that. Questions are the best way to develop the two things that you need to start and complete this journey. Awareness. Responsibility. I’ve labeled this pair as “powerful.” Really, they …
Jan 10
How do you know if you’ve given up? How do you know if you have resigned yourself to being stuck? There’s a phrase to watch for that usually indicates surrender to the status quo, to your enemy, homeostasis. You hear this phrase all the time. That’s just the way it is. It’s the voice of …
Jan 09
Mike Tyson, the boxer, was being interviewed before a fight in which he would defend his heavyweight title. The journalist said, “Hey, Mike, your opponent has a plan for how he’s going to fight you. What do you think about that?” Tyson replied, “They all got a plan. Until they get hit.” True. There’s an …
Jan 08
Yesterday I wrote about developing an action plan to implement the goal/objective/destination you want to pursue. A reminder, I think, would be in order at this point. Here it is. Action trumps everything. Len Schlesinger and Charles Kiefer used that phrase as the title of the book they wrote about entrepreneurs. In this book they …
Jan 07
Okay, you’ve answered the following questions: What? You have determined exactly what problem it is that you are up against and the general area needing to be addressed. Why? You have defined the difference that accomplishing your goal and solving your problem will make. Where? You have chosen a direction, a goal which you want …
Jan 06
Since the 1980′s, there has been a widely used strategy for developing a goal. There is no need to develop a new strategy to arrive at your destination. Hey, wait a minute. Did I just see you roll your eyes? Don’t get persnickety with me. And don’t expect that I’m about to show you some …
Jan 05
Getting unstuck requires you a series of questions posed to yourself. On Day 2, I encouraged you to ask “Why?” so that you could clarify the win and truly see the benefit of getting out of your rut. The next day, on Days 3 and 4, I suggested that you ask “What?” to come to …
Jan 04
Okay, so you’re not happy with the way things are in your life right now. You feel like you’re stuck in some unproductive patterns and behaviors. And you want things to be different. Great. Here’s a huge question. Mammoth, in fact. What does “different” look like? What do you want? Here’s what you can do …
Jan 03
Einstein once said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. We can debate the numbers of this statement but it’s hard to deny that the quality of the liberating solution with which come up will be directly …
Jan 02
There is most likely a particular area of your life which you want to address. There is the usual goal that we hear this time of year: “I want to lose weight” or “I want to get into shape.” (Labeling it typical is not a putdown, just an observation.) Other people will say, “I want …
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