Keep Moving
“A meowing cat catches no mice.” —Yiddish Proverb We have spent lots of time talking about goals and dreams and creating vision boards. All good things, but without action they mean very little. Talking about doing something doesn’t make it happen. We need to move from intent to action. So kudos to Chelsea for scheduling […]
A Tale of Four People
There was an important job to be done and everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was everybody’s job. Everybody thought that anybody could do it but nobody realized that everybody wouldn’t do […]
Growth & Change
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” —Charles Darwin We are at the tipping point of change for J2. We simply cannot continue to do things the same way. In order to succeed we must get more efficient, think differently, do […]
Communications
“If you just communicate, you can get by. But if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.” —Jim Rohn Last week we discussed listening and its importance. I thought it would only be fair this week to discuss the other side of that coin: communication. Communication is both verbal and non-verbal. It is broken down […]
Listening vs. Hearing
“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.” —Rachel Naomi Remen Some definitions… Hearing the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived. the act of perceiving sound. Listening to give attention with the […]
The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get
“I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.” —Jack Canfield Webster describes luck as “the things that happen to a person because of chance: the accidental way things happen without being planned.” I disagree with Webster. I believe that the harder you work, the luckier you get. I have […]