Ten Steps to Setting Goals Which Are Right for You Discover your strengths. Uncover your passions. Understand your personality…and recognize your blind spots. Learn how you manage your energy and your body. Become mindful of your own mind. Based on your family and your experience, learn how you relate to others. Define your mission and core values. Clarify your lifestyle values. Create your vision for success in work and life. Discover your career sweet spot. After going through these ten steps, you …
Last month, I had the honor of hosting Mike Van Lent and Andrew Dallas from Soar Technology, Inc. at the monthly Leaders Connect Breakfast. Mike and Andrew spoke on the Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Vehicle industry here in Michigan. The full video for the event is here on YouTube. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mike Van Lent explained Soar Technology and the significance of AI on our culture. Soar Technology, Inc. is a spin-off from University of Michigan and works with Defense Department research organizations …
Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence are the Keys to Success Know Thyself. -Socrates Sages throughout history and across cultures have urged us to be self-aware, and thereby understand our world. Modern psychological sciences have consistently reinforced the idea that well-being begins with self-awareness. One key example of this insight comes from modern psychological research dedicated to emotional intelligence. Beginning with Professor David McClelland, for whom I was a teaching assistant at Harvard University, and continuing through the research of my classmates, …
Just like cars on the road, we all have blind spots. A blind spot is a consistent pattern that others can see in us and we do not see in ourselves. Or, we might see it in ourselves, but we do not recognize how it could be a problem. Today, I recognized one of my own blind spots: my propensity to “change things up”. For the past several weeks, I have been going to physical therapy to work on an …
Consider Your Gender Role Across the world, children receive different messages about what it means to be a man or a woman. Every culture has its own definition of gender roles and identity. These have as much to do with the culture as they do to biological differences. These days, gender role identity is going through rapid change and is being challenged on many fronts. In the 1990s I created a table that summarized general gender differences in US culture. …
The leaders of the medical device community in Michigan have many accomplishments to be proud about. For example, in Ann Arbor the careers Dick and Norma Sarns have spanned over 50 years. In 2012 Dick received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from University of Michigan. Then UM President, Mary Sue Coleman had this to say about Mr. Sarns: “his ongoing quest for innovation that has led to a host of discoveries to save cost of discoveries that have saved …