We spend a lot of time as consultants and coaches observing how things are, whether they work and what is broken. This isn’t just a consultant’s pastime, it is also a favorite past time of most human beings — not to mention, politicians. We are all […]
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And You’re Off!
At last, the day is here. You have your mission and twelve monthly milestones to keep you on track. And today you perform your first, new action to keep your resolution on track. Maybe you’re a bit hungover from a lot of festivity — and maybe you don […]
Forget Everything and Dream!
To this point, I have tried to bring research to the process of creating a structure for the process of setting resolutions and succeeding. But now, the real countdown to the end of 2015 has begun. Today, on the first day of the last working week of the […]
You Can Do Anything, But Not Everything
As I have been researching successful new year resolutions and talking to people about their own plans for self or business improvement in the new year, I have encountered an interesting trend. Many of the people who write or call me, folks who are enthusiastically approaching the new […]
The Management of Dreams
As we look at the New Year approaching and experience a sense of hope – a vision for a different quality of life, health or financial security — it’s easy to forget some of the basic tenets that help us succeed in our professional lives. Even smart business people […]
The Why Matters as Much as the What!
If you read my last post then you know I am spending some time researching and inquiring into the nature and methods of New Year resolutions. There is actually a fair amount of scientific research into this ritual, and some of it can help in determining how likely […]
New Year Resolutions: Increasing the Odds of Success
It probably comes as no surprise to you that many people who make resolutions on January 1st often find themselves unchanged on March 1st, not only failing to fulfill the goal, but even unsure what they had promised to do. What may be surprising though is that there […]
The Wall
I was reflecting back on an earlier career yesterday, back when I was a personal trainer in the early 90’s. Although my passion at the time was working with athletes and people in post-cardiac rehab, unfortunately those populations often found the cost of personal training prohibitive […]