Am I so driven and preoccupied that I forget to express my appreciation for the work and efforts of others? I keep thinking that once we reach this or that goal, that we’ll pause and celebrate – but then that time arrives and we are consumed by the next goal or urgent set of tasks. […]
Month: February 2015
Has it been going too smoothly? Perhaps we’re not taking enough risks?
When things are going smoothly, we take the opportunity to catch our breath, repair the damage from more challenging times and enjoy our success. All the planning paid off, we have executed well and our goals were achieved. It feels good to leave the tough times behind. But perhaps it is going a bit too […]
Does my behavior reinforce or contradict the values and culture I am pushing?
Sometimes we work towards establishing values we believe in and encourage a culture that we believe will help us be successful in the long term. But there are a lot of things we believe in with our head, but our behavior may not reflect it. Let’s face it, millions of people who smoke, believe that […]
Do we have a track record of small wins or we chasing after one longshot after another?
It seems like it started out as a plan that had a lot of small wins. Milestones we could look at as we moved towards success. But then we missed the first target date and then another. Within a very short time, we realized that a small win wouldn’t help us catch up, so we […]
Do I still push as hard as I used to – or have I slipped into a state of contentment?
When we started, I pushed hard. Very hard. It wasn’t so much about success – as it was about giving everything I had when the opportunity came up. We pulled together as a team and drove towards our goal. When we succeeded, we assumed it was a fluke – so we tried even harder as […]