I can’t do my job well without the assistance and participation of others.  Someone must give me direction about what to do.  They must give me clear targets for which to aim. They must give me feedback on how I’m progressing.  They must help me hone an edge by upgrading and redefining my targets as […]

Probably the greatest priority companies have right now is to “build their teams.”  Universally, growing companies are working hard to keep good employees and entice new ones with promising internal want ads sending the message: “We have vacancies.” However, while we advertise our jobs with roadside banners and social networks, our best referrals come from […]

Where do you derive “energy?” Entropy is a concept I read about in Dr. Henry Cloud’s book, Integrity. He says that the second law of physics deals with entropy. When a system is left to its own resources, it will cease to grow.  If a system isn’t growing, it will begin to die.  It will […]

“You don’t get the relationships you want.  You get the relationships you build.” How would you characterize your “relationships?” We can divide relationships into important/not important. We can also divide relationships into satisfying/unsatisfying. Not important/unsatisfying doesn’t matter. Important/satisfying relationships give life meaning and leverage.  Worth the effort to maintain. Important/unsatisfying relationships can be the source […]