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 [...]
Refocusing and Expanding
Refocusing AND expanding? How exactly does one do that?? When I started this blog, I said I intended to talk about Leadership as defined as personal and professional excellence examined through the lens of entrepreneurship. Nice words, but what does that really mean? Exactly. I don’t know if any of you have written a blog before, but there [...]
Lessons to be learned
It’s rather ironic that I recently recommended a book called Crucibles of Leadership. The book sounded interesting as it is centered around creating a Personal Learning Strategy to take advantage of particularly stressful life experiences. The author calls these experiences crucibles, and his premise is we all have enough crucibles to provide the basis for a [...]
Your morning routine, interrupted
When you wake up in the morning do you have a smile on your face and a sense of happy anticipation for the day you are about to enter into? Or do you wake to “just another day”, or worse a sense of dread or depression? If you fall into the second camp, ask yourself [...]
Stop being so hard on yourself
If you are interested in the pursuit of excellence, it is often too easy to focus on what you perceive as your flaws. A little critical self-evaluation is a good thing, too much focus can be destructive. This is one of my growth areas, as I tend to dwell on what I need to change [...]
So does this mean there are “Value Leaders”?
I’ve had a hard time finding good Leadership blogs. Either they are way to focused on selling their products, or they are simply mouthpieces for a Leadership “celeberity”. If you have a good Leadership or Excellence blog you could recommend, please leave me a comment. One of the blogs I have found that I like [...]
