This is the second of 3 posts on goal setting excuses.
That old story about no workaholic at death’s door ever wished they’d spent more hours at the office might make you smile.
But how about you and your goals?
Perhaps you’ve set some but are too busy to get started.
Too busy doing what?
Here are 2 possibilities:
1. You’re [...]
Well, I was all ready to call it a night here but just learned via Twitter.com that Randy Pausch is sadly no longer alive in this world.
I watched “The Last Lecture” online a few months ago and recall the honesty and humility, tinged with regret for the days ahead, with which he delivered his [...]
I’ve been interested in mind maps since experimenting with them as a teacher in the early 1980s.
Of course it was pencil and paper back then - which made editing coloured maps a real pain.
Still, there remains something uniquely creative about the low-tech way and I continue to use it for my own impromptu idea sessions.
Nowadays [...]
This is the first of 3 posts on goal setting excuses.
Do you avoid setting goals in a field of interest because you think you have little or no ability?
I suspect that many people are 100% correct in drawing that conclusion - that is, they think they have no ability.
Think again!
The Ability Excuse
Consider the likelihood that [...]
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A complete goal creation home study course on CD-Rom (using a mind map approach as the teaching tool).
Plus a bonus 25 minute coaching session based on the “Vision-Roles-Goals” approach described within the course.
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You know how some potential career changers stay stuck within fearful imaginary scenarios - and then use that imagined fear to avoid taking action…
… with the result that nothing much changes.
Well, if that sounds like you - and you want to do something about it - then here’s a special offer that can help.
I’ve developed [...]
Last December I wrote about taking Prof Edgar Schein’s Career Anchors online assessment test that also comes with a downloadable 72 page participant workbook.
(The test is administered and published by Pfeiffer, a division of John Wiley & Sons inc. The test link is here).
Here are 8 comments I want to make after going through [...]
Here’s the first in an occasional series of relatively short posts written from a mentoring perspective.
In other words, this is knowledge I gained from others and have found useful in my life and career.
1- “The Method Of Polite Conversation”
This technique is really simple and can work well when talking to someone else or in small [...]
