Sometimes It’s Not the Execution
In case of bad results, we blame the execution. My client had what we would certainly call a stretch goal. Actually, more like a Big Very Hairy Super-Audacious Goal, to […]
Janus Strategy
An auto-antonym is a word that has at least 2 meanings that mean the opposite of each other. For example, one definition of “sanction” is to disallow. But another is […]
Spring Clean Your Resolutions
Believe it or not, spring is nearly here. That means that we have already progressed a quarter of the way through this year. No time to read? Watch the video […]
How Was Next Year?
Happy New Year! Watch the video here! Take a minute and imagine that you were an Olympic diver. As preparation for the world championships, part of your training includes regularly […]
Less is More in Strategy
Prefer to watch rather than read? Here’s a short 6-minute video. Gardening Sometime early in the pandemic I decided I wanted to have a flower garden. I began planting things. […]
Favorite Things-Podcast Edition Summer 2021
Now, for a special summer delight: It’s been years since I did a favorite things post. But, as we slowly ebb into “normal” life, here are some of the podcasts […]
Measurement Madness
There is a well-known saying that “what gets measured gets managed”. Depending on your source, it was first said by either physicist Lord kelvin, or Peter Drucker. It’s generally true. […]
Don’t Fail Before the Fact
In my last blog post and video, I suggested a novel way of planning for this next year. The basic idea of future-based goals-setting is to cast yourself (in your […]
Back From The Future
New Year, Birthday, Graduation — They All Mean Goal-Setting Like it or not, at the beginning of the year, we experience a line of demarcation in our lives. After all, […]
You’re The Best. NOT.
Short commercial: Join me for the Virtual Time Blocking Summit, March 5-7! I will be presenting on using time blocking to overcome lack of motivation. Plus, there are TONS of other great […]