How do you hold yourself and others accountable? Here are a few accountability-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full messages.
“Don’t ever stray away from yourself to get closer to someone else.”
“You cannot talk your way out of something you behaved yourself into.”
“Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.”
What is your definition of character? Here are a few character-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full messages.
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”
“Gossip is the Devil’s Radio.”
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Are you at the absolute pinnacle of success in all areas of life? If you answered “no,” or “not really,” today’s quote may get you a bit closer to your goals.
I’ll share with you three key attributes to success I learned from a wise coach and mentor early in my life, when I worked in the pharmaceutical industry as a sales person.
It uses the acronym: A.S.K. to point to the elements that lie within us or that can be developed to reach higher levels of achievement in virtually any are we desire.
The “A” stands for activity. It points us to the fact that the level of effort we put forth on any particular task is up to us. I like the idea that there is no ceiling or limit placed on us, and that through persistence, tenacity, and grit, we can all achieve far more of what we most desire.
It is through such massive efforts we can progress on to the “S” and “K,” which stand for skills and knowledge.
Where and on what important personal or professional goal can and will you raise the ceiling on your current efforts to gain the skills and knowledge to reach new levels of success?
Recall the days you got your school report card. What subjects did you study, and how did you do? To what degree did your studies prepare you for life?
Take a moment to look at your career-related studies and perhaps your performance review process for your current work or vocational efforts. How are you doing in these areas? How much do these efforts help you live your life?
What has your educational journey – beyond the focus on career development and making a living – looked like over the years? Who were your teachers, and what grades would you give yourself in the domains outside of work?
Give yourself a grad for each of the following subjects in your life – and feel free to add a few more “electives” to pursue your own advanced degree in living:
| Health | _______ | Relationships | _______ |
| Emotional Intelligence | _______ | Fun | _______ |
| Adventure | _______ | Continuous Learning | _______ |
| Community Involvement | _______ | Faith/spirituality/Religion | _______ |
| Joy | _______ | Meaning/Purpose | _______ |
Where can and will you focus your educational efforts in living today and in the future to get a “PhD in Thee”?
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The X Prize Foundation’s tag line is “We Make the Impossible Possible by Incentivizing Great Minds to Make a Difference.”
The Foundation and its supporters believe that the solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges will only be reached through the ideation and realization of critical solutions by pioneering individuals and organizations around the world.
Some of the current projects include:
What beautiful ideas for a better world inspire you?
Regardless of the size and scope, how can your belief and motivation to act help you and others reap the harvest of a better world?
What prompts you to take action? Here are a few action-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full messages.
“The world will never discover a person who is hiding in the crowd.”
“It is hard to fly when something is weighing you down.”
“Don’t step over dollars to pick up a dime.”
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The social media site Twitter was launched in 2006 with the original format of only 140 characters. Toward the end of 2017 this limit was doubled for all languages except Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Regardless of your views on this platform, hundreds of millions of users find it an engaging medium to communicate their views on matters of both modest and significant interest.
Adam Grant, the author of books such as, Give and Take, Originals, and Option “B” with Sheryl Sandberg, has over 200,000 Twitter followers who obviously resonate with his concise and to-the-point nuggets of wisdom.
Where in your personal or professional communities would saying more with fewer words have the greatest impact and value? Where can this “Less is More” communication strategy be applied today?
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Some weeks ago, a close friend came over to help me repair a ceiling fan. Given my limited handiness and my desire to not electrocute myself, I reached out for some coaching on the matter.
Beyond the repair, I was a bit embarrassed by the amount of dust that had accumulated on the blades and bulbs.
Unless cleaning your house from top to bottom brings you joy and you do it often, dust is bound to accumulate. In the same way, if we neglect our inner world, our souls can get a bit dusty as well.
Although most of us would not see ourselves as a Picasso, we all have an artist within us that can help wash off the dust of daily life.
One of my favorite art forms is cooking. Various foods and seasonings represent the spectrum of flavors for each meal.
Please reply to this post with your own form of artistic expression that helps you dust off your soul to lead a more beautiful life.
What does it really mean to be “unique”? Here are a few uniqueness-related posts you may have missed. Click the links to read the full messages.
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
“Do more of what makes you awesome.”
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In the book BOLD – How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World, authors Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler point out key strategies to achieve breakthrough results.
It seems that most innovative and pioneering organizations and people use a form of rapid experimentation and iterations to come up with amazing products and services. Those products and services eventually come into our lives just like a delivery from Amazon.
One example is the process Google X (or just “X”) uses to support their prolific product development. Their “Never Fail to Fail” innovation principles use this rapid iteration process to fail frequently, fail fast, and most importantly, fail forward.
How can you increase your level of action and experimentation to create far more innovative solutions to better your world?
Pick up a copy of BOLD to examine many other ideas to make a far bigger dent in your own universe.