Lose Your Job. Gain Your Life.

August 18, 2009

I found a link to this documentary over at Jonathan Fields’ site, Career Renegade. Many men struggle with a lack of passion and purpose in their current work and long for change but are held back by fear. Sometimes it takes being laid off to propel you into the life of your dreams. In my [...]

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Everything’s Amazing – Are You Happy?

August 13, 2009

I recently used a portion of this clip in a talk. Thought you’d appreciate the entire video: For me, it’s not technology that’s amazing as much as the various forms of life I experience every day. I am awed and rewarded as I watch a rabbit snacking in my backyard, a hawk sailing by overhead [...]

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What Are You Passionate About At Work?

August 11, 2009

It seems there are four ways you can be passionate about your work. The Work: The actual activities and tasks (research, writing, supervising, building, designing) that take up a work day. The Results: The end product (a valuable report, a book, smooth-running company, a building, a clothing line) of all the work you put in. [...]

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Need A Better Work Week? Have A Great Weekend!

August 7, 2009

Sometimes we spend too much time with work, especially in this online, social media world. We define goals, review strategies, and obtain training. We specify target markets and craft marketing plans. We join teleseminars and mastermind groups. We pitch and market and sell and work. Sometimes having a great weekend is the best way to [...]

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10 Steps To Profitable Conversations – Part 2

August 5, 2009

(Part 2 of 2: Steps 6 – 10) My last post presented the first 5 Steps that start off a great conversation with family, friends, or coworkers. You can review or catch up here. Now that you’ve listened patiently, confirmed your comprehension and took time to think about your reply, you can use Steps 6 [...]

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10 Steps To Profitable Conversations

August 3, 2009

(Part 1 of 2: Steps 1 – 5) Successful conversations are an important part of our professional and personal lives. Unfortunately, discussions don’t always work out they way we’d like. Even though we’ve been having conversations ever since our parents taught us how to talk, we rarely stop to consider the process of a conversation [...]

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Father Involvement Brings Family Health

August 3, 2009

A recent study in the Journal of Marriage and the Family reports that the increased involvement of fathers in families (studied through enrolling fathers and mothers together in a 16-week program) has significant benefits: – children much less likely to show signs of depression, anxiety and hyperactivity – children both less aggressive and less withdrawn [...]

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Accessing Creativity Through Your Five Senses

August 1, 2009

I hear time and time again people saying how they aren’t creative at all. For those of you that want to increase your creativity, your five senses are a great place to begin. 1. Sight Vision is one of the most obvious ways we interact with our world. However, we often fail to appreciate what [...]

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To Protect And Serve: Not Just For Law Enforcement

July 22, 2009

This morning I was thinking about how a goal of law enforcement should also be a common goal of all men. This isn’t a statement about police officers. As in all people groups, there are positive and negative expressions of law enforcement, helpful and hurtful. I was thinking about the famous and well-known phrase: To [...]

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Just Make It Right

July 17, 2009

Some days I’m bummed I know anything about business development and customer service. Maybe I wouldn’t be so bothered. Today my plan was to buy a Japanese Maple from a local nursery. I even had $30 of ‘merchant bucks’ to put toward the purchase. So I drove up this afternoon to get my tree. I [...]

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