Posts Tagged ‘mission’

The Science of Motivation

What motivates you? While there are thousands, millions, maybe billions of answers to that question, a growing body of research, some of it dating back 50 years, shows two things that don’t motivate us very well – the promise of rewards and the threat of punishment. It seems counter-intuitive, since after all we take it for granted that we need incentives to do work. It’s the basis of our whole economic system… Continue reading

October 22 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: goal, growth, learning, mission, motivation, personal growth, reward | 20 comments»

The Nature of Commitment

In a comment on my recent post about breaking up, someone asked if I'd write a follow-up about staying together. I've actually written about successful relationships before, based less on my own experience than on the work of relationship psychologists, so I'll just refer you there if you're looking for relationship advice. But thinking about what goes into a committed relationship got… Continue reading

October 14 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: choice, commitment, mission, personal growth, purpose | 12 comments»

How to do Good AND Make a Profit

With the world economic and business outlook still so uncertain, a key question is just how the businesses world can continue to do good as well as maintain their bottom line. Over the last few years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become such a buzz word for business people with companies sprouting all sorts of CSR initiatives, but are companies really embracing CSR because they believe in it or are they… Continue reading

August 18 2009 | By Arvind | Tagged: business, mission, social-responsibility, vision | 16 comments»

GTD Refresh: Getting My Head Together

The last year was a hard one for me, in virtually every area of my life. Even my successes -- and there have been several -- have come at the cost of greater stress and a more and more difficult to balance schedule.

While I have managed to adapt and develop ways of keeping everything on track and moving forward, each new pressure -- whether on my time… Continue reading

February 16 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: areas-of-focus, david-allen, getting things done, gtd, gtd-refresh, making-it-all-work, mind mapping, mindmap, mission, personal productivity, system, vision | 19 comments»

Back to Basics: The Big Picture

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the details of any productivity system, all the fiddly little bits that fit together just so. But how does everything you do add up to a life? Or does it? Thinking about the big picture too much can get in the way of our day-to-day lives – you don’t want to be dreaming about your life 20 years from now while you’re trying to… Continue reading

September 12 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: 50000-feet-view, back-to-basics, gtd, life, meaning, mission | 12 comments»

Getting Past Done: What to Do After You’ve Finished a Big Project

There's no feeling in the world quite like the mixture of triumph and sadness that comes after finishing a project you've been working on for months or even years. On one hand, you're done and can finally release your finished product, whatever it is, into the world. On the other hand, though, completing a big goal leaves a little emptiness in your life, like sending your kids off… Continue reading

January 25 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: completion, goal, mission, project, self_development, vision | 14 comments»

Don’t just ‘Retreat,’ PLAN

For the past three days we at Say Leadership Coaching have been on a retreat. ‘Retreat’ is what most businesses traditionally call it, but I don’t care for the word with its’ backpedaling imagery and cowering connotations. I much prefer our Hawaiian one, Ho‘olālā, meaning to ‘make plans.’ To make plans is to prepare for moving forward in the best possible way. December is our time for Ho‘olālā for… Continue reading

December 7 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: action, Business-Plans, Ho‘olālā, mission, values, vision | 1 comment»

Choose Values

I’ve been noticing some very nostalgic longing in the “Most Wanted” lists of several managers. When it comes to discussions about what could be, they talk about wanting an increased sense of responsibility, better reliability and dependability, honesty and integrity, humility and a hunger to do whatever it takes to learn, grow, and improve. What they are longing for, are those good, “old fashioned” values in the innate character of… Continue reading

November 16 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: Aloha, behavior, mission, values, vision | 1 comment»

The Role of the Manager

I have long considered management to be a calling. In my view, to call management a job, position, or title is completely missing the mark. I believe that the truly great managers of the world have answered their calling to bring the very best out in people, maximizing their potential. They count their successes in counting the people who thrive working with them —not for them, but with them in the… Continue reading

November 9 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: managers, mission, people, place, role, strengths, vision | 10 comments»

The Onward March of Folly

Despite all of mankind's technological progress, some patterns seem rooted in human behavior. One of these is the tendency to grab for short-term gains and ignore the longer-term consequences, even when those are almost entirely predictable. This attitude has been illustrated this week by the announcement from the Ford Motor Company of still more lay-offs, plant closures, and buy-outs of workers' contracts. For years, Ford's cars have been becoming less popular… Continue reading

September 18 2006 | By Guest | Tagged: burnout, business-ethics, business-fundamentalism, civilized-work, ethics, Management, mission, performance, priorities, Productivity, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, work, work-life | 9 comments»

Putting Your Future on Hold

People put their own futures on hold all the time. How to they do it? By setting conditions that have to be met before they can move on. Continue reading

December 12 2005 | By Guest | Tagged: action, article, career, decision, mission, motivation, procrastination, progress | 2 comments»