Why do you give? Do you give to develop relationships? Do you give so that you can offer things and/or services to others? Do you give for the sake of others? Or, for your own sake? In other words — where is the internal motivation of your giving? Giving is a complex act. We give [...]
What’s the point of your giving?
December 23rd, 2010Tags: action steps, creative energy, gratitude, happy new year, internal motivation, motivations, mutual benefit, myriad, sake, self awareness
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The competition… thoughts on
December 14th, 2010Competition is one of those loaded words that make our heart beat a little faster, and tends to kick in that nervous system action… just a tad. Really though, does competition have anything to do with external environment, people, circumstances, any or all of the above? I argue that it doesn’t, and that competition is [...]
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Spinning wheels & giving thanks
November 28th, 2010There are times when we feel that we are spinning our wheels in the mud in terms of progress. And, often times our wheel spinning is not necessarily grounded in the reality of the road behind, nor the road ahead. Instead, our spinning has very much to do with our mindset. In fact, the spinning [...]
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Did I make a mistake?
November 3rd, 2010Was it a mistake? How often do you ask yourself that question? The answer doesn’t really matter – the point instead is that we all often ask that question. The problem is that the value of mistakes is not quantifiable, and that’s simply because there is no such thing as a ‘mistake,’ in my book. [...]
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Same old story, well…
October 19th, 2010It’s really the same old story. Every time. You ask someone successful what the magic trick is to succeed and they say “do what you love.” I belong to a New York City based organization of Organizational Psychologists and we meet monthly along with awe inspiring research presentations on leadership, human resource challenges, new ideas [...]
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