Posts Tagged ‘change’

9/11 Anniversary: Time to Bring Peace into Your Life

Today is the 8th anniversary of 9/11, that fateful day when two planes demolished the World Trade Center in New York.Everyone remembers just where they were when they heard the news. I was working in the City of London at the time and watched the world-changing events unfolding on a screen at a hairdressing salon. There was an eerie silence all around as we watched in shock, hardly… Continue reading

September 11 2009 | By Arvind | Tagged: change, difference, diversity, forgiveness, growth, peace, self-development | 20 comments»

Birthdays, Self-Reflection, and a Better Year Ahead

I recently had a birthday. As I’ve gotten older, birthdays have become for me a time of intense self-reflection: where am I in my life, where do I want to be, what could I improve? They don;t depress me, like they do so many others, but they do make me think.Birthdays are also natural times for me to make new resolutions. New Years Day has never felt like much more… Continue reading

September 3 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: birthday, change, goal, personal-development, problem-solving, resolution | 16 comments»

Subjective Reality

Then and Now When I was a teenager I thought thirty-somethings were dinosaurs. Fossils. Relics. Now I think they’re teenagers. In the eighties I wanted to be a hundred kilos of muscle and five percent body-fat. Now I’m more interested in finding the ultimate cheesecake. When I was a kid I worried about my non-Catholic friends going to hell. The last time I went to mass was twenty eight years ago. I guess I’m over that. Once upon a time… Continue reading

August 19 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: change, personal growth, personal-development, personal-reality, self-realization | 21 comments»

Changing Your Personal Reality – Part 2

Time to Make WavesIn part one of this post we discussed the tendency some of us have to allow situations, circumstances, events and even other people to control our lives; in essence, giving away our power in an attempt to be accepted, valued, appreciated and loved. By trying to “fit in and not make waves” (as someone shared with me recently) it seems that some of us have lost… Continue reading

August 5 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: change, choice, luck, personal-power, self | 43 comments»

Changing Your Personal Reality – Part 1

My Head Hurts…While the subject of “Personal Reality” might seem somewhat esoteric, philosophical and even confusing to some, it’s something that’s not only relevant to every one of us, but also something that impacts on virtually every area of our existence and human experience in a tangible and practical manner. All the time. Just as we each have different DNA, so too do we each inhabit our own “personal” reality… Continue reading

July 27 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: change, choice, luck, reality, self | 47 comments»

Review of Bill Hybels, “Holy Discontent”

Review of Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent: Fueling the Fire that Ignites Personal Vision. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007.What really sets you off? What are the things in life that really get your blood boiling? In this short, provocative, and easy-to-read book, Willow Creek’s Bill Hybels uses his pastoral fluency to challenge the reader to consider what he calls their “holy discontent,” which consists of a sort of God-given righteous… Continue reading

June 10 2009 | By Art | Tagged: activism, book review, change, discontent, religion, spirituality | 9 comments»

You Want Engagement? Then Start Being Clear!

You want engagement. But no one’s buying. If you want something done you have to spell it out in detail, or even give up and get to that ugly “I’ll just do it myself” place of the defeated manager. You feel like every time you turn your back, the wheels come off the bus again. You’ve got zero engagement.So how do you fix that? Continue reading

May 8 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: business, change, clarity, commitment, engagement, entrepreneurship, growth, hopefulness, leadership, organizational development, teamwork, vision | 16 comments»

Ten Top Tips for the Innovative Leader

1. Have a Vision for Change You cannot expect your team to be innovative if they do not know the direction in which they are headed. Innovation has to have a purpose. It is up to the leader to set the course and give a bearing for the future. You need one overarching statement which defines the direction for the business and which people will readily understand and remember… Continue reading

April 15 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: change, collaboration, idea, innovation, leader, leadership, suggestion, vision | 10 comments»

Learning from A Master: Review of “Bear Bryant, CEO”

Richard Truman. 2006. Bear Bryant, CEO. Sweetwater Press.Legendary coaches are great sources of inspiration and wisdom, and Paul W. "Bear" Bryant, the iconic coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide from the late 1950s through the early 1980s, is revered as something approaching a minor deity in the state of Alabama. There is a museum named for him at the University of Alabama (my alma mater), and every year… Continue reading

March 23 2009 | By Art | Tagged: bear-bryant, change, coach, delegation, motivation, personal-development | 6 comments»

The One Thing You Need to Close the Deal on Change

You know what you want. You know what to do. So why is nothing happening?There are thousands of texts and approaches in the productivity & success universe. Many of them are good, some are great. Some, like the writings of Marcus Buckingham approach genius in their rich simplicity.So why, if there are so many great ways to become more productive and more successful, are so many of us still struggling… Continue reading

February 23 2009 | By Clemens | Tagged: change, coach, coaching, entreprenuership, mentor, planning, process | 8 comments»

21st Century Opportunities

Productivity expert Jason Womack is working on a project aimed at teenagers on the careers of tomorrow. He asked me to contribute a few ideas, and he graciously agreed to let me turn it into an article for Lifehack.org. From where I sit, there are a couple of very broad categories in which people can expect to excel in the future: 1. Data Analysis Data and computation have never been… Continue reading

February 3 2009 | By Art | Tagged: 21st-century, business, change, data, design, future, nutrition, opportunity, workplace | 7 comments»

Barack, Change and Spiderman

I'm a lot like Obama.Well, now I think about it, I'm not that much like him. In fact, about the only 2 things we have in common is our love for good pizza and being big fans of Spiderman.I've been a superhero nut forever, and just love the fact that Obama is too. As far as I'm concerned, that means he understands some fundamental principles about life and courage - "With… Continue reading

January 30 2009 | By Steve | Tagged: change, obama, personal-development, self-help, success, superhero | 10 comments»

5 Ways to Avoid Change in 2009

The financial climate, the job market, family tensions, Obama moving into the Lincoln bedroom. Even the climate's getting in on it. Yup, change is everywhere in 2009.Apparently some people are 'embracing change', but aren't aware of the dangers inherent in changing the ways things are. If you're not careful, all kinds of strange things might happen in your otherwise ordered life, so it's best to work at avoiding change whenever… Continue reading

January 13 2009 | By Steve | Tagged: change, confidence, goal, personal-development, self-help | 7 comments»

In Uncertain Times, Prepare Yourself for New Opportunities

We live in uncertain times. Global financial collapse, rapid relocation of industries, emerging markets, political unrest, and just the fast pace of change in the Information Era in general all mea that things you take for granted today might be completely different tomorrow.Now is certainly not a time for rigidity. The career you’re working in this year might not even exist in 2010. And vice versa – the field you… Continue reading

November 7 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: career, change, economy, finance, networking, relationships, self-knowledge, self-promotion | 10 comments»

Looking at the Little Things

This year has turned out to be a year of tremendous challenge for me. I realized that the career I’d spent my adult life cultivating was not quite as fulfilling as I’d hoped, and at the same time my relationship started buckling under pressures both from within and without.Change, it seems, was in order.If you listen to popular wisdom, especially as expressed in movies and TV shows, profound change comes… Continue reading

November 5 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: career, change, life, motivation, self-knowledge | 14 comments»

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