February 6, 2017
In sports, when you are trying to get the play out of your end and setup the team to score in the opposing end you are executing a breakout. A predetermined strategy where everyone knows what part they have in the play that if executed correctly should yield a goal (i.e., a win). A breakout requires a team to be working as one and a leader to set it up. The question becomes whether your team knows what their breakout strategy is for success? Do you?
February 3, 2017
I need to work on my titles – but you get the idea. Here is an article I wrote that identifies the real reason you aren’t hitting your goals and it’s much easier than you think. Your Routine is the Key to Achieving Your Goals
February 1, 2017
We all have our own definitions of success – what it is, where we want to go, how we want to get there? Boiled down – what is important to you to define yourself as successful? Is it the journey? Is it the ends justifying the means? Is it learning X before Y? Is it based on milestones in a certain amount of time? Is it learning a new language? Is it speaking at conferences for something you love? Is it delivering a product that one person uses? Is it making people smile and laugh? Is it creating a connection
January 31, 2017
The Connected Team isn’t the one with the latest tools that sync from phone to tablet to laptop in seconds. They aren’t the team that’s delivering on all of their sprints in rapid succession. They aren’t the team that sits side-by-side having lunch with each other each and every day of the week. These are all good things. But the Connected Team is the team that picks up where one leaves off, that understands the meaning of a message either within or without of the proper context. The Connected Team isn’t built overnight, it’s built over months and years through
January 30, 2017
Very easy to make… Take one part knowledge. Two parts will. Four parts ability to grind. Three parts desire to fail and try, fail and try, fail and try again. One part Entrepreneurial know-how (adds some flavour, but okay if you don’t have to start) Seven parts positive outlook. Six parts humble pie. Mix together in a haphazard fashion, drink from a monster cup which is promptly slammed on the table when emptied dry and welcome to a new day. Passion isn’t a thing you learn or get or find – it’s something you do and find by never giving
