Getting Away

Getting Away

Many of the topics I teach and blog about are things that I have pondered and researched for many years. Often, after so much time processing my thoughts, I develop some clear beliefs about what is best with regards to the topic under consideration. This topic isn’t...
Personal Balcony Time

Personal Balcony Time

Great leaders make sure that they schedule what we call “balcony time.” So many things call for our attention at work every day that we can get completely caught up in the day-to-day business of business—what’s happening on the “dance floor.” Getting up in...
Take a Look, It’s in a Book

Take a Look, It’s in a Book

A man was once fired from his job. In the meeting where he was let go he said, “How can you fire me after I have worked twenty-six years for this company?” The answer his boss gave was, “No, you’ve only worked here one year, then repeated that twenty-five times.”...
I Believe I Can Fly

I Believe I Can Fly

How malleable are our beliefs? Two weeks ago Jeff posted on emotional maturity. In that post, he mentioned psychologist Albert Ellis’s ABCs of emotions: There is an Activating event, which we filter through our Belief system to produce an emotional Consequence....