If we did it for them…
There are many ways to learn, and part of the path to personal and professional excellence is not only making the commitment and focusing on self-development, but also discovering and creating learning opportunities. While we can create many of our learning opportunities on our own, I also believe that learning opportunities perfectly suited for where [...]
Thought for the day
Figuring out who you are is the easy part; being who you are is the challenge.
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Reminiscent of the biblical parable, what would you do with $1,440 if I gave it to you today? Invest it, spend it, or stick it in the bank?
What would you do if I gave you $1,440 every day?
Well my friends, you do get 1,440 every day – not in dollars but in minutes. 1,440 is [...]
Do you have a bad connection?
I hosted a software entrepreneur this morning. He had contacted me requesting an opportunity to demo his product to a small group of small and medium-sized businesses.
He showed up an hour early to make sure he had plenty of time to work through any IT glitches that might show up. Sure enough, after everything got [...]
Not a resolution!
As I mentioned just last Friday in the Weekend Reader, I have never been a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. This make sound strange coming from a “personal excellence” advocate. I’m not against resolving to change for the better, nor do I deny the strong image of a fresh start the New Year brings.
My [...]
How big do you want to be?
I talk to entrepreneurs virtually every day, in all stages of development and across a wide varieties of sectors. While they are all different, there are many common themes. There are the questions they ask, and there are the challenges they don’t ask about that we see them all face eventually.
Today I thought I’d touch [...]
Coaching question for you
I’ve been seeing a fair amount of material lately on executive and personal coaching. I have never used a coach, although like most of you I imagine, I’ve been one from time to time.
I’m curious as to whether this is a topic you are interested in. By leaving a comment, please tell me:
Whether you currently, [...]
DCO Weekend Reader – 9/18/08
The web is a vast repository of opinions, commentary and occasionally, wisdom. Here’s a selection of the best articles I read over the past week.
If you would like to recommend an article, blog or book, please leave a comment with your suggestion. Weekend Reader is a regular feature here at DCO, and you can read [...]
3 types of personal change
“Growth is change”.
This seems fairly self-evident. Growth, by it’s very nature, is change. As we talk about change on this blog, we are concerning ourselves with change associated with personal growth in pursuit of personal excellence. Therefore even though you could argue the opposite statement is also true “Change is growth”, not all growth is [...]
DCO Weekend Reader – 9/5/08
The web is a vast repository of opinions, commentary and occasionally, wisdom. Here’s a selection of the best articles I read over the past week.
If you would like to recommend an article, blog or book, please leave a comment with your suggestion. Weekend Reader is a regular feature here at DCO, and you can read [...]
