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 7, 2022 | Decision Making, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Personal Development, Relationships
Feedback is not truth, it’s perspective. It’s easy for us to instantly categorize feedback as truth. Our boss gives us some feedback after our presentation, well that must be true! Website reviews? True. The feedback we give to our spouses or kids? True....
by Jonathan | Feb 21, 2022 | Culture, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Personal Development, Teams
Give the gift of the benefit of the doubt. A team member uncharacteristically gets a bit irritated at you. Give the benefit of the doubt. A good client simply won’t return your repeated calls. Benefit of the doubt. A loved family member said something stupid....
by Jonathan | Nov 23, 2021 | Goals, Leadership, Personal Development
Have you decided on your target(s) and goal(s) for 2022 yet? A while back I was listening to an old Jim Rohn recording on YouTube. For the unfamiliar, I consider Jim Rohn to be one of the founding fathers of modern personal development. Anyway, he tells a story about...
by Jonathan | Aug 18, 2021 | Goals, Health, Leadership, Personal Development
“Live in a way today so that you can thrive tomorrow.” I stopped my walk after hearing this from author Carey Nieuwhof (New Hoff) on a podcast I subscribe to. I spent the rest of the 5,500 step walk trying to break it down. On the surface, the sentiment is...
