August 14, 2013

3 signs of a career change: Winning Careers Talk Show broadcast

Yesterday I had the privilege of being on the Careers with a Purpose Winning Careers Talk Show hosted by Richard Yadon. Careers with a Purpose is a fantastic ministry that coaches men and women across the country to find ...

May 20, 2013

Honing a takeaway habit

Do you remember the last conference you attended? What was your takeaway? What ONE THING did you learn or change because of it? What about the last book you read? Sermon you heard? Movie you watched? Person you visited ...

April 26, 2013

When anxiety flattens you

Here’s the 3-step formula for living: Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. Forget any one of those and you’re pretty well sunk. Experience a job loss or health crisis and you feel pretty well sunk too. That punch in the ...

July 26, 2012

Beating distraction and the Push Away Impulse

One of the most surprising things I discovered about myself since taking up journaling last year is how prone I am to distraction. I’m aware of my tendency to engage in a lot of simultaneous projects and the intellectual ...

July 23, 2012

Five ways to stimulate strategic thinking

You’re on the move; leading an organization, or part of a team just trying to keep up. Whether you’re the one calling the shots or the one receiving them, you can’t afford to not be thinking strategically. Strategic thinking ...

July 6, 2012

Start here. Ideas for jumpstarting your journal entry.

So, you’ve decided to try journaling again. Perhaps my earlier post on the benefits I received from journaling inspired you to give the approach I use a try. But what do you journal about? If you follow the approach I ...

July 4, 2012

Is there a right way to journal?

Is there a right way to journal? For many years I subscribed to the popular notion that journaling is a highly individualized endeavor; there’s no wrong way to do it. Holding that view probably contributed to my initial frustration ...

July 2, 2012

Why I gave journaling another try

Many years ago I observed that some of the people I respected the most made a habit of journaling. Intrigued, I decided to give it a try. So, I bought a nice leather journal and set out to record ...

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