Oh, the things we constantly hear: unemployment is up, unemployment is down but long term employment problems prevail, if congress doesn’t act to pass economic tax reform, the economy will be heading towards a fiscal cliff, the president is not acting swiftly enough to encourage GDP to rise anytime soon; which translates to no job growth, businesses continue to outsource …
8 Ways to Be Happy in Difficult Times
“People are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”– Abraham Lincoln What is Character? Character is defined in the midst of adversity and setbacks. It takes no special skill or discipline to enjoy life when things are going well. When you consciously make an effort to pay attention on what makes you happy and use the power …
Are You a Protean Employee, Ready to Thrive in the NEW Job Market?
The Industrial Age workplace is over The Industrial Age workplace is over and has been replaced by the Protean workplace. There are no jobs or careers for life and no job security. Businesses and organizations can no longer rest on their laurels, if they don’t improve and keep up with constant change; they’ll be overtaken by competitors that will. The …
8 Protean Management Concepts for High Achievement
Today, the world needs a new kind of manager – one who understands the new world. Companies must be lean, mean, innovative, future-sighted, resourceful, quick to adapt, competitive, and bold. Today’s managers must realize that business success, even survival, depends on managers creating that dream team. 8 Key Protean Management Concepts for High Achievement 1) Bring more value to the …
6 Tips to Thrive in the New Protean Workplace
The Industrial Age workplace has been replaced by the Protean workplace. * No jobs or careers for life anymore; no job security * No guaranteed benefits, vacation days, sick days, pensions, or even paychecks * Companies, industries, and jobs that are here today but gone …
5 Specific Ways to Improve Your Inner Chatter
Would you revisit a movie you loathed time and time again? Of course you wouldn’t. So why would you go back, in the theater of your mind, and revisit thoughts that cause you pain, stress, and disease? Almost every minute of everyday your head is full of thoughts, beliefs, and expectations. You have more conversations with yourself in the course …
How To Generate Your Own Electricity
A burning desire is the generation plant for creating your own electricity. Real success and pure happiness come from within and self-motivation. Regardless of where you are in your life, what you are experiencing, adversities you are facing, or the goals you have achieved or failed to achieve, passion and personal ambition are the sources of inner power that lead …
Are You Clicking as the Clock is Ticking?
There is a significant difference between time and attention. Time is the ticking of the clock where minutes and hours pass by with or without you. Attention is how you are “clicking” while the clock is ticking. Time doesn’t matter. What matters is the quality of your experiences. And your experiences are determined by what you pay attention to. A …
Ain’t No Sunshine When There Ain’t No Customers
Innovation, and what we have come to know as entrepreneurship, has no value until it creates something a customer wants. The Golden Rule Successful entrepreneurship, job growth, profitability, and business success is dependent on identifying and pursuing customers who have the ability to pay and the desire to buy. Innovators vs. Entrepreneurs There is no shortage of innovators and inventors …
8 Ways to Reach Absolute Trust and Find Inner Peace
Years ago, a great teacher explained to me that absolute trust was the most liberating and invigorating means for achieving success and happiness. He also told me that absolute trust in no way guaranteed success; but that it was the most liberating and invigorating means for achieving peace and happiness in the wake of adversity, tragedy, and calamity. I was …