There are events and issues in life that can be destabilizing. Filtering out what is not in your direct control can provide direction and even peace of mind. Take a moment to examine what’s on your mind and run it through the control funnel. Is it something that no one can control? Is it something that someone else (other that you) can control? Is it something … Read More The Control Funnel: Focusing Your Efforts Where They Count
There is a tool we use in business that may help us lead healthy and fulfilling lives. In business, we use something called a balanced scorecard to help us bring order to our efforts and keep our organizations healthy. Here the purpose is to make sure you are always strengthening the four elements shown in the diagram below. A lack of focus in all areas will … Read More Lifestyle Balanced Scorecard and the Sustainability Factor
Have you heard the one about the entrepreneur who took the audacious step of selling her multi-million-dollar company and decided to do something completely different with her life? Probably, because apparently the world is lousy with them. And the blogosphere is desperate to share their stories with you, presumably to illustrate that you too can change your career. “Yes, you too can take the bold … Read More What can the obnoxiously wealthy teach us about risk?
While you may not be aware of it, there is something that you know or are able to do that other people need or want. This is your edge and you need to keep it sharp. Keep your wits about you. Observation and curiosity can take you a long way. Couple those things with a spirit that hungers to do something good for other … Read More Find Your Edge
Here are a few things that could cause rage: Deindividuation — Using anonymity to act inappropriately Intermittent explosive disorder — Chronic disproportionately angry reactions to any given situation Hostile attribution bias — Thinking other people’s actions are personal attacks against you I would like to suggest here that perhaps buried within those issues or maybe as a separate issue in and of itself is something I’ll call Mordetis Linguam. … Read More What’s Causing the Rage?
