Strengths-based leadership is about building a team where everyone works from their strengths and everything gets done well. It’s so easy it feels like cheating. When it’s our turn, we breeze through the work we have to do while, of course, doing our best work because the pressure is on. Then we watch while others […]
I started my 100 day project on September 14 so it would end on December 20. Here’s the original post. My objective was to focus on my businesses; to figure out where they can go and to set it up so they will. I outlined 3 business ideas: Crystal Clear Bookkeeping Ltd, this Business Owners […]
To everything there is a season. We gather information, processes it/think it through, and act on it. GATHER During gather time, I read, listen to interviews, watch videos and movies and talk to everyone I meet. This is a rich, productive discussion and sharing time. I share what I find and my initial thoughts. Processing […]
Writing is not my forte, so I will point you to some great writing resources. http://www.wikihow.com/Write has a comprehensive list of the steps to writing well. I look at the list and think really? All that? But I also know that writing takes effort and great writing takes even more effort, so really. All that. […]
I love this article by Steven Pressfield, author of the War of Art. He writes that panic is a natural state and that it precedes the shipping of your best art. He says, New Year’s is a big time for panic. Self-expectations of what’s ahead, self-recriminations for what’s behind. If you feel a twinge of […]
Help! Originally uploaded by Dimitri N. Did you write down what you do well? Are you clear on it? What if you could spend all your time working on your strengths in your business? Wouldn’t that catapult your business into the stratosphere? You bet. Everyone Likes Doing Different Work Take a look around your […]
Chris Guillebeau asks “Why do we do the things we do? What’s the point? What are we working towards?” Simon Sinek has a great TED talk about how nailing the ‘Why ‘ of your business will help you be more successful. This is where you drill down to your passion, where you choose what you […]
By Tony Hsieh If you have a business, are interested in happiness, or like to read well written and entertaining books, then you should read this book. It feels like Tony is sitting in a bar with you and telling you a couple of great stories in answer to your questions. He makes it sound […]
Seth Godin, thought-leader extrordinaire, has asked more than 70 of today’s top thinkers to write a page each about what they are thinking about/planning for the coming year/want to share. He has compiled it into a pdf that he is encouraging all to share. Here’s what I’m thinking about/planning for the coming year/want to share. […]
I read Robert Fulford’s Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto just before my trip to TO. Originally Toronto was laid out neatly by the army engineers 1793 who set it up as Fort York. As with most cities it’s early growth after that time was organic. Fulford’s tale takes us back to the 1800’s (Toronto […]
