May 16, 2013

Why what you do matters

What you do matters. Sure, that sounds like one of those nice sentimental thoughts you’ll find on a motivational poster at the office. It’s much easier to say than to believe. But that’s only because we cannot not see, ...

April 19, 2013

Surviving the tsunami of a job loss

You’ve just been hit with a tsunami. At least that how it seems now that you’ve been told that your “services are no longer needed.” Alternating between anger, discouragement, perplexion, and panic you ask: How could this have happened? ...

April 1, 2013

Reduce distractibility with these three strategies

Ever walk into a room and wonder what you went there for? Most of us have had that experience, some of us more often than others. You may laugh it off as a senior moment, like when you blank ...

December 17, 2012

Do you view your work as worship?

A couple of months ago I gave a presentation and posted about how we can reclaim a better view of work. Instead of having frustrated ambition, I suggested three ways our thinking about ambition can be changed. One of those ...

October 26, 2012

Reclaiming a better view of work

It’s time we reclaimed the word work. Let me prove it. When you think of the word work, what comes to mind? Frustration? Agony? Long hours? All of us have had those experiences with work. And we’ve become so ...

October 10, 2012

How do you know if you’ve had a productive day?

I had lunch with a friend recently and he asked a really good question: “How do you know when you’ve had a productive day?” In the past I would have dismissed that question with the obvious answer: “When I’ve knocked ...

October 8, 2012

Redeeming frustrated ambition

We’ve all experienced those times when things just don’t go our way. All the planning and the resources in the world can’t prevent the frustration of our ambitions, no matter how noble. As the wisest King of his day ...

September 7, 2012

Are you overworking?

Are you overworking? It’s easy to think the answer to that question lies in counting the number of hours you spend at work each week. Many of us have a magic line in the sand; is it 40 hours? ...

July 13, 2012

When you resent your too many to dos

A short time ago I felt a deep seated resentment brewing. But it wasn’t toward a person. I had grown resentful of my to dos. Every morning, it seemed, I filled my journal carping about what needed to get ...

April 26, 2010

When it’s time to fire yourself

There have been more times than I care to admit when I've looked at myself in the mirror and said "I've had it with you. You're fired."

Leary Gates | Venture coach

Turn your vision into venture. Ideas into action.

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