The Coach’s Clipboard: Ask when enough is enough From BALANCED LEADERSHIP IN UNBALANCED TIMES, page 104. Dr. Robert Pasick’s useful toolbox of leadership strategies for men and women who want to improve their performance at work and in the community. Some people compulsively compare themselves to others; they never think about what is enough in terms of their own satisfaction. They figure they need to strive for more, more, more – instead of recognizing that they already may have more than …
Authors Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton used research by the Gallup Organization to craft the bestseller “How Full Is Your Bucket?” Their basic theory is that we start out every day with a bucket that is emptied or filled by what others say and do to us. We each also have a dipper. We can use it to fill other people’s buckets by delivering positive messages or we can dip from others’ buckets by delivering negative messages. When we fill …
June is Men’s Health Month. Even though our society doesn’t talk about it much, men’s health is an important topic for all of us, men and women. If we take a holistic approach to the topic and think about men from the point of view of physical and mental health, we see how crucial it is to well-being for all of society. Here is one startling fact: At every age, American men have poorer health and are at a higher …
How Work-Life is Really About Marriage and Other Lessons from Oprah
I believe that for a man with children, striving to be a great father should be his highest purpose. Unfortunately, the macho messages men receive in our society makes this a difficult task. For over 40 years, I have been working on being a good dad, studying fatherhood, and writing about what it means to be a man. Here are a few of the key lessons I have learned about how to be a great dad. Learn how each of …
Over the past few weeks, many of us have experienced the rush of pride as we attended a graduation ceremony of a loved one. I had the honor of attending the graduation of a family member from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. In these moments when we celebrate accomplishments, it is important to recognize how much effort is required to finish any difficult task. Often a huge obstacle to success is procrastination. As an …