For years, I could be counted on to be late. Got a lunch meeting at 11:30 am? Dustin will be there at 11:40. Got a class at 9:00am? Dustin will be there at 9:20. Is there a meeting at 6:00 pm? Dustin’s there by 6:30. Work hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm? I’m in by 9:00.
People joked about it. It was my “thing” — I was on “Dustin… » Continue
May 14 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: integrity, lateness, punctuality, time_management, value | 23 comments»
The world, it seems, is going downhill fast. Everyone has a take on what’s wrong: liberals over-regulating everything, conservatives decimating the principles of governance, immigrants refusing to blend in, racists bashing immigrants, poor parenting, non-family-friendly policies, corporations bound to short-term profits instead of long-term social responsibilities, activists hampering corporate innovation, and of course the Jews, always the Jews. You name it, someone’s upset by it and the negative effect it… » Continue
May 12 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: action, activism, change, green, living, value | 9 comments»
I have a confession: I cringe at the word productivity. Getting things done. Saying that feels like being against democracy or love or Buddha or something, but I feel that much of what passes for productivity is simply ubercybersonic doingness dressed up in happy faces. Organization, accomplishment, measuring effectiveness–all those tools and systems are cool, but what if our doingness masks a hollow core, or gives us fuel for avoiding… » Continue
March 10 2008 | By Lisa | Tagged: passion, Productivity, value, vision | 15 comments»
“Your actions are your only possessions.”
- Lao Tse
This is an excellent personal development statement to ponder as we watch 2007 dissolve into dust. Most of you made personal, one sentence resolutions like “I want to lose weight” or “I vow to go back to school.” It is a tradition to start the New Year with things you want to achieve, but under the influence resolutions are often unrealistic.
2008… » Continue
January 10 2008 | By AJ | Tagged: goal setting, motivation, new_year, personal_mission_statement, resolution, value | 14 comments»
Last night my 11-year-old came into my office (9 p.m. to be exact, foreshadow, foreshadow), and said, “Mom, can you please get off the computer and be with me?” I should know better, right? After all, achieving work-life balance is one of the staples of the coaching diet. I turned off the computer and we sat on the couch reading White Fang aloud. I’m not sure which was worse… » Continue
December 24 2007 | By Lisa | Tagged: balance, question, value, work-life | 16 comments»
Making a positive impression on someone you met through a networking event or online need not be a difficult or use much of your time or resources. The following 15 quick ways to make a positive impression are designed to be easy to implement and most only take a few minutes to do, depending on where you are at.
The list is geared toward network-savvy professionals, especially those who are… » Continue
August 31 2007 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: impression, networking, value | 13 comments»
Every company has a storied past. Are you aware what yours is?
More importantly, do you know why your stories are so important?
When old timers tell the newbies stories about “the good old days,” or “how it used to be here,” or “the first time we ever did this” what are they so fondly recollecting? Why in the world do they keep talking about past events, often making the retelling… » Continue
March 29 2007 | By Rosa | Tagged: history, integrity, storytelling, value | 1 comment»
I went shopping this weekend for a new car. I entered a few numbers and in a few minutes I could see exactly the Internet Price for 41 specific cars within a hundred miles of me, and my Inbox started filling up with emails from Internet Sales Managers. I can remember just a few years ago this kind of Internet Pricing didn’t exist, and then a few years on… » Continue
March 26 2007 | By Bob | Tagged: internet, value | 2 comments»
Hamburger Management is a shoddy, debased version of real leadership that focuses on just three things: whatever demands least, can be used fastest, and costs least. It thrives wherever organizations seek to meet unrealistic targets with insufficient resources to maximize short-term profits. Indeed, Hamburger Management is short-term by nature, and will habitually sacrifice long-term advantage and value for the immediate gratification of bosses and investors.
To force people to work long… » Continue
November 6 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: accomplishment, anxiety, business-ethics, change, civilized-work, competition, creativity, effectiveness, Hamburger-Management, innovation, leadership, lifehacks, Management, manager, micro-management, organization, slow-leadership, strategy, stress, trust, value, work-life, work/life-balance, worklife, workplace | 3 comments»
Last Thursday, I wrote a column here called “Why Work?” I was hoping that we could break away from thinking about the income we tend to quickly associate with jobs and working for a living, and think about some other motivators, and some other satisfiers. Yes, income is a necessity of life, and I do not deny it is a strong motivator, but once you get enough to satisfy… » Continue
November 2 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: intention, joy, motivation, passion, purpose, value, work, worth | 259 comments»
Imagine something with me for a moment. You are unbelievably wealthy and debt-free. You don’t have to work for the income it brings you, but still, you do work. Because you aren’t concerned with the amount of your paycheck, you are able to choose the work you want to do for the pure joy and pleasure of it. What would you choose? What would you do?
Do you have an answer… » Continue
October 26 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: intention, joy, motivation, passion, purpose, value, work, worth | 20 comments»
It is always true that time is money. Time is valuable because everyone, rich and poor, has only 24 hours. At Unleash Your Potential, there is an article on introducing a way to identify and eliminate time-waster and low-contribution tasks - by keeping an activity log:
If you don’t know where you are spending your time, you are wasting money. One of the most profitable skills that I learned in… » Continue
October 10 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: time, value | 5 comments»
The crazy prices we’ve had to pay for gasoline in Hawaii have revived a debate I have with my husband every so often:
How much are we willing to pay for convenience, and how much do we value our time?
My husband is one of those people who will drive all the way down the coast line, about 30 miles from our home, just to save a few nickels at the gas… » Continue
September 28 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: convenience, decision-making, value | 9 comments»
‘Values’ may be one of the most frequently used words we hear today, and yet bringing our values to the forefront of everything we do still does not happen as much as it should for our own good and well-being.
The ironic part about this is that we can’t turn them off; we don’t leave our values at work, or keep them only at home. Our values come with us wherever… » Continue
March 30 2006 | By Rosa | Tagged: accomplishment, motivation, value | 4 comments»
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