by dustin | May 4, 2015 | Creativity, Ideas, inspiration, leadership, managing people, Professional Development, Success, Teamwork
Creating something seems synonymous to producing something. Yet, the terms creativity and productivity can be very different concepts. If I describe someone as “creative” you probably imagine an artist or a person who generates clever ideas. When I mention...
by dustin | Mar 27, 2015 | Decision Making, Goal Setting, leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, Success
There’s a big reason we have so many issues trying to accomplish important work. We aren’t clear about what is the main attraction and what are simply distractions. When you think about your daily activities, how many of them could be classified as a...
by dustin | Feb 5, 2015 | human spirit, inspiration, leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, Success
“I’ll never let that happen again.” Amidst all of life’s slings and arrows, we learn to put up our shields to protect ourselves. We do this to get through situations when we feel attacked, but if we leave our shields up we close ourselves off....
by dustin | Jan 29, 2015 | leadership
If you’re like most folks, you have a lot of people pulling at you daily. You may have children who need your support. Your boss likely needs you to to complete specific tasks to help her achieve stated objectives. Schools and/or churches pull on you to...
by dustin | Jan 23, 2015 | Decision Making, leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development
You are faced with a nearly infinite number of decisions each day. The cereal aisle in the grocery store used to be a sign of our mountain of choices, but you can now find enough varieties of any product to fill a store (or more) thanks to online shopping. The only...
by dustin | Dec 23, 2014 | Goal Setting, inspiration, leadership, Personal Development, Professional Development, Success
Crossing numerous small hills doesn’t make you a mountain climber. Dousing millions of lit matches one at a time won’t qualify you as a fire fighter. Running a quarter mile every day for four months won’t make you a marathon runner. The tedium of...
