Archive for the ‘Goals’ Category

Don’t Procrastinate On Long-Term Goals

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

You've probably heard that you should have goals. Perhaps you've even heard that you should write them down on paper. I agree with both recommendation. :-) One issue I've observed, however, is that most of us have a hard time getting started on our long-term goals. We're all very visual, and ...

Written Goals Beat Mental Goals Everytime

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Do you write down your goals? I bet most people either don't have goals, and those that say they have goals probably don't take the time to write down their goals. I think this is disgraceful, or at a bare minimum ineffective. Please don't take my tone as judgmental or overly ...

Motivation Personality Types

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I work at a manufacturing firm, and we have a large number of people in manufacturing operations as well as in sales. It’s interesting that these two groups take dramatically different approaches to their jobs when it comes to motivation. The sales folks are much more “Rah Rah!” all the time, ...

Book Review: Now, Discover Your Strengths

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

If you are looking to learn a little more about yourself, I highly recommend the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. The authors are researchers for the Gallup Organization (the folks that are famous for polling the general public), and their company has ...