by Jonathan | Jun 15, 2022 | Habits, Leadership, Productivity, Teams
You get about 3 solid brain hours per day. That’s it. So, what are your best 3 hours? Might be right when you awake. Might be in the evening. It’s probably not just after lunch. The limited brain up-time limits what we can do. But that limit is not a bad...
by Jonathan | Apr 27, 2022 | Decision Making, Habits, Leadership, Personal Development
In his latest TED talk, Bill Gates said that the goal was to stop outbreaks before they become pandemics. I heard Tony Robbins once say that we should kill the monster while it is small before it is eating the city. A few thousand years ago the sage, Lao Tzu, said...
by Jonathan | Mar 30, 2022 | Habits, Leadership
Wednesday is not for everyone. Late in the afternoon during my last strategic planning session, I asked my group how they were doing. I could tell the energy in the room was waning. Not unnatural. Each of us only has so much gas in the tank, and on that day we were...
by Jonathan | Mar 22, 2022 | Decision Making, Habits, Leadership, Relationships
You are slow. And so am I. It’s a good thing, but it can be frustrating. We are slowly being conditioned by tech that speed is good. Page load times, shipping times, instant communication. Tech can’t go fast enough. But people are slow. And, really, being...
by Jonathan | Feb 15, 2022 | Core Values, Emotional Intelligence, Habits, Leadership
Consider: Replacing your judgment with curiosity, replacing your irritation with patience, and replacing your condemnation with love.
by Jonathan | Nov 10, 2021 | Habits, Leadership
The quarterback keeps his attention down field even while taking the hit. I have noticed something in American football over the years. Here’s the sequence. Quarterback takes the snap. Quarterback drops back looking for a receiver down field. Quarterback...
