“No matter how much the world changes, I believe every person strives for improvement and progress in their lives.”
The entire article is worth reading for anyone looking to develop and take action on a vision statement for their own business or life.
Ever find inspiration and hidden messages in the oddest of places?
Recently they’ve been making an appearance for me in song lyrics – take this from the 1993 Tears For Fears song, “Break It Down Again”.
Here’s number 4 in the “Friday Kin” series of blog posts (the last one was back in October.)
Today’s theme is “Rebirth” – very appropriate for the Vernal Equinox that signifies Spring’s arrival in the N.Hemisphere (and the Tokyo cherry blossoms that are now blooming.)
MEMO TO MYSELF: “Are you doing things which make money?”
By definition, successful business owners get this. (I’m defining ’successful’ to mean those who have a business from which they make an honest living.)
Anything less is ‘failure’.
Don’t take this personally – you can be ‘failing forward’ in the sense of taking action on your goals and [...]
With Christmas now receding into the distance, the rush is on in Japan to (literally) clean things up before 2008 ends and 2009 (the year of the Ox) begins.
I too have been busy – starting with a review of my own vision-roles-goals and then drilling down into what worked and what didn’t in [...]
But you’re reading it anyway, aren’t you?! Now what if word came down on high from layer 8 land (“the senior management”) that you were to stop reading this post immediately and get on with your allocated work.
Ah Ha! Now there’s a risk – reward decision to make and most likely your choice will depend [...]
As a Career change and Life coach I get quite a kick from helping people “do more of what you love”.
But, as with many things in life, results can take time and are often different from what was first conceived.
Yet, in my coaching practice I do meet clients who are prepared to honestly assess their [...]
I found Bruce Judson’s book, “Go It Alone!” very useful when planning my own career change.
The entire book is online for ‘free‘ at Bruce’s site and worth spending the time to go through relevant chapters and take a few notes.
Two chapters stick out in my mind:
8 – Managing Extreme Outsourcing.
11- When To Quit Your Day [...]
There must be something in the air tonight.
Not only has Ellesse Chow published her interview of me – thanks, Ellesse, I take back everything I ever said about “bean counters”
But I also recently received Al Secunda’s kind agreement to be interviewed by yours truly. (He’s a brave man as it’s my first time [...]
