Resiliency is the ability to rebound from hardship, difficulty and misfortune and successfully adapt to adverse situations. It’s perhaps more important today than ever, because the world is more interconnected than at any time in history. The “flattening of the world,” as Thomas Friedman refers to it, means we experience turmoil faster, more intensely and more often. The worldwide financial turmoil of 2008 is a perfect example of that. Nothing great in life is ever achieved without taking considerable risk and facing distinct difficulties. So, going forward, …
The leaders I’ve worked with for some three decades have taught me many things, but these are two of the most important: Great leaders constantly strive to strike a balance between work and the other realms of their lives. Great leaders share a passion: They want to make a difference in the world. Here’s something else I’ve learned along the way: those two things go hand in hand. The most successful leaders are the ones who work the …
I have been enjoying reading “The Keeper”, the auto biography of Tim Howard– the bearded goalkeeper who was so sensational on the US Men’s National Team during last summer’s World Cup in Brazil. In his book, he talks openly about his two psychological disorders, which while causing him great difficulty in his early life, have also been an asset in his goalkeeping career. The psychological problems are Tourette’s Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which result in facial and verbal ticks, compulsive behavior, …
It’s the first day of the first full week of the year, and I woke up thinking about Isaac Newton and his first law of thermodynamics: objects at rest tend to stay at rest, and objects in motion tend to stay in motion, unless they are acted upon by an external force. “Yikes,” I think, “I think I know what that force is: work!” When it comes to work, no one had it more accurate than Maynard G Krebs. …
* JOY! FOCUS IMAGINE HAVE A PLAN BE DISCIPLINED KNOW YOURSELF MAKE A DIFFERENCE KNOW YOUR PURPOSE IT’S ALL ABOUT FAMILY KNOW YOUR CORE VALUES LIVE YOUR LIFE PURPOSEFULLY LIFE BUILDS FROM THE BOTTOM UP GO OUT OF YOUR WAY FOR OTHERS RESPECT YOURSELF, RESPECT OTHERS VISUALIZE WHAT HAPPINESS LOOKS LIKE CHARACTER IS ACTING IN THE FACE OF FEAR DON’T FOCUS ON WHAT YOU “SHOULD” BE DOING COMMIT TO A DAILY PRACTICE OF SELF AWARENESS THE LIVING WORLD WORKS THROUGH …
Last week at Leaders Connect, Professor Len Middleton of the University of Michigan, continued our theme of innovation and presented on “Innovation in a Rapidly Changing World”. Len challenged and awed the standing room only crowd. The implications of his talk are so critical to leaders in our country that I am devoting today’s column. If you missed his presentation you can watch the video HERE, or see the power point HERE. Here are some of his key points: …