Posts Tagged "success"
Weekend Wondering – When the Party’s Over
Are you feeling a bit down today? Or are you just getting revved up for the December holidays? Whatever your reaction to the post-Thanksgiving feast and Black Friday mayhem, it is likely an indication of our cultural addiction to intensity, action, and the resultant stress. We have all become so programmed to the tsunami of incoming information that some studies suggest that people are checking for new messages (of all kinds) as much as every 30 seconds! For those addicted to the urgency, a slowdown of e-mails, news feeds, and family texts cannot be balanced by the slew of Facebook Thanksgiving posts. So, the reaction is two-fold, either we sink into a stupor not sure...
Read MoreNeed a Job? Three Steps to Take Now
The fact that millions of Americans are unemployed or underemployed is not news. Although we seem to be engaged in Einstein’s infamous trap of ‘doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ Policy makers are debating how to entice businesses into hiring more people and the unemployed are angry and frustrated over the lack of available positions. Nearing record-breaking unemployment rates, perhaps it is time to consider a different route to finding meaningful, satisfying, and rewarding work in people’s lives. As we’ve discussed here before, creating jobs won’t help our economy. If you are looking for a job, or know someone who...
Read MoreIt Is Time to Face the Music
I enjoy idioms and the richness of our culture that creates them—and none seems more apt for our current situation than “it is time to face the music.” We have long since passed this point and the current litany of woes facing our country can be traced back to our collective reluctance to face the consequences of the conflicting views we hold about ourselves, our communities and our government. Our country was founded on the belief of individual freedom. The cornerstone of The Declaration of Independence, that each person has a right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” provides us with the government underpinnings of individual privileges and...
Read MoreChanging the Picture
By: Kathleen Schafer, Founder-Leadership Connection One of the ways I know when issues people are facing become commonplace is when I hear the challenge being articulated a number of different ways. We read stories about the “enthusiasm gap” among various parts of the electorate. My foreign-born friends tell me about the “stale energy” they feel when visiting the US and how other parts of the world, particularly Asia, are the new vibrant spots. My neighbors bemoan the lack of community and how difficult it is to get people involved in addressing local issues. My clients feel at a loss at how to create meaningful and professionally...
Read MoreAuthenticity Serves One Well
These days authenticity often serves as code for being “touchy-feely” in the cold harsh worlds of business, politics, law, medicine, and other professions where professionals are taught that the accumulation and wielding of power is the only game in town. After all, who needs to be authentic when you can succeed by climbing over people and then telling them what to do while reaping the spoils of victory? Interestingly, more and more people are finding that success and the corner office often come with a price, and many of these individuals are beginning to ask themselves if another way is possible. Those who came before have taught us the worn-out formula for...
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