As many of you know, our local magic club (https://theomahamagicalsociety.org) received the unexpected gift from Teller of the historic David P. Abbott House of Mystery in Omaha, Nebraska. This sizable project requires me to hit the pause button on new… Read More ›
If the term “Ego Investment” is new to you, I’m confident the concept is not. The level of your own “ego investment” depends on how much time, energy, and financial resources you’ve sunk into a person or project. The rule… Read More ›
There are phases/chapters of a leader’s life that can distract him/her from the truly important things in life. In the intense daily focus on paying the mortgage, putting food on the table, and clothes on the backs of our family,… Read More ›
The Tyranny Of The Urgent is a small booklet I read in college. Then in reading Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, I’m reminded of this theme again. Spending time visiting with my spouse is seldom urgent but always… Read More ›
As much as news media and advertisers would have you believe differently, every situation that you encounter is not owed a response on your part. In fact responding to every situation a leader encounters leads to an unnecessary drain of… Read More ›
In this poster you’ll see a boat that has beached itself – driving full-speed ahead out of the lake and up on the sand. Notice the name of the lake. The lake represents the leaders finite spiritual, emotional, financial, physical,… Read More ›
This poster helps the leader make a crucial assessment in a graphic manner. The oval represents the entirety of your life. Take a moment to draw a rectangle inside the oval to depict through its size how much of your… Read More ›
As a leader seeks to allocate his/her energy, s/he’s diligent to not give much of this finite resource to resisting the impermanence of life. In his/her effort to pursue security (and who doesn’t) s/he doesn’t seek to find it by… Read More ›
Although this poster specifically addresses an issue in the sales world, the principles on which it’s built is pertinent anytime someone seeks to create a definition of success around any project. On the left are definitions of success in which… Read More ›
A leader understands that it is not who you know or what you possess or even what you have done that will determine your ultimate happiness. Rather it is who you become that has the power to make you happy… Read More ›
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