Organizational Culture: The Keys to the Kingdom
While phrases like “organizational culture” and “business culture” seem to be used more and more often in the pop culture vocabulary, I find that many organizations have only a superficial understanding of the role that culture plays in determining success, productivity, and potential.     What does an in-depth understanding of organizational culture actually allow for?    One ...
[Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:07]

The One Way Street
There is an old expression that many people use to describe the nature of relationship.  It goes something like ”Relationship is a two way street”.  Another popular variation of this expression is the ever useful adage: “It takes two to tango”.    What I find interesting about these expressions is the context surrounding their usage.  It seems to me that most often, people use these expressions to articulate their resignation around bein...
[Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:07]

Slimming and Slogging
Dear Doctor Dot-Connector,   After about 8 years of being a size 18 Womens, I decided to do something about my health and joined a gym. Since I am in my late 20’s I decided to do something about it now because the metabolism supposedly starts slowing down around 30, I also knew that being 200 pounds at 5”5’ was definitely hurting my career, my confidence, and it wasn’t helping my love life. Last summer, I began going to the gym 2-3 days a week and in...
[Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:07]

Being Effective With People: Part 1 (Listening)
Being effective in life requires being effective with people.  Almost everything in life worth accomplishing involves being effective with people.  Our ability to be effective with people plays a huge role in fulfilling our life vision and achieving our goals, from finding the perfect job to finding the perfect mate; from negotiating a deal on a major purchase to running a company or providing for a family.       Unfortunately, many people su...
[Posted: 2010-01-14 21:50:07]

Getting Out of Debt (Part 1)
Many people have come to me for coaching on how to get out of debt. The overwhelming majority of them share a common perspective and line of thinking when it comes to addressing their personal finances. It usually sounds something like this: “As soon as I start making my millions, I can pay off my debt” or “I have too much debt to pay off anyway, so I’ll worry about it later when I’m making more money”. There are many versions of this conversation, but they’re all really saying the same ...
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