We've all heard the saying - "There is no I in teams"... and we kind of know what that means. Get your ego out of it. But, given that teams are, by definition, groups of individuals working towards a collective goal or objective, how can you remove the I out of...
Immortality
You don’t need your name on a building to achieve immortality. You don’t need an epic poem or a street named after you. You don’t need to invent anything and it doesn’t matter what church you go to. You are already there. From the first moment of your consciousness,...
The Only Direction Is Forward
There is no rewind in life. No pause button. No fast forward past the commercials. Life plays in real time. Keep moving. Choose change. Choose better. Choose letting go of yesterday. Choose being you – or an even better you! Opportunity awaits. Keep playing....
Becoming
Being is a steady state. I am what I am and I’m ok with it (or not) – get over it. Becoming is more action oriented than being. It implies progress. Change. There’s nothing wrong with a steady state, but in a world of change, shouldn’t you be prepared to modify...
Be Careful What You Practice
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell writes about the 10,000-hour rule – maybe you have heard about it - basically that it takes up to 10,000 hours of focused practice to gain expertise in an area/field. (Anders Ericsson says you can do it even faster than that) If...
Freedom, Fear and Hope
We all want more freedom. Freedom from the struggles of our lives, freedom from things that bind and constrict us, freedom of ideas, freedom to be, freedom to love, freedom of choice. Freedom is outdoors, freedom is open spaces and loose clothing. Freedom is...