Are You Built to Last?
Yesterday we purchased a new toy box/coffee table (I didn’t know they existed either until we had kids and needed more space). This would have been a fun little purchase except for one detail that instead made it rather irritating; we had just purchased a new toy box two years ago. The old box, less [...]
Focus is the Key to Productivity
How productive are you… really? How much can you, and do you, get done each day? As much as you’d like? As much as you could? Probably not. Why? And more importantly, what can you do to fix it? We live in a world that is, in many ways, obsessed with productivity. We talk about [...]
What Happened to the Pursuit of Excellence?
We live in a world of pursuits. As people we are always pursuing something. My question to you this week is “what are you pursuing, and most importantly, are they worth of being pursued?” Most people are on an ongoing pursuit for stuff. Whether it’s the newest iPhone, the coolest car, or best handbag, we [...]
Take Responsibility
In order to achieve our goals, it is absolutely critical to do something that most do not like doing, and that, increasingly, we are shown we don’t have to do, take responsibility for our own success. In this video, I talk about this critical step to success and what you can do to take that [...]
Like Sand Through the Hourglass…
No I’m not a soap fan, but I liked the reference:) For a change this week, I’ve done the blog entry as a video-log rather than a written one. To watch, just click on the play button in the video. Please leave your comments below. I love to hear what you are thinking; agree or [...]
Fasting and Feasting
Happy Mardi Gras Everyone! Today is the last day in the season of “ordinary time” in the church, and is marked by faithful and secular alike, by feasting, often on pancakes. Pancakes were the chosen food of the past because they use fat, flour and sugar, all things that people wanted to use up before [...]
Putting the Puzzle Together…
Have you ever tried to put together a really big puzzle? I don’t mean big in size necessarily but big in the number of pieces it contains? I know it’s 2012 and most people don’t spend a lot of time sitting at the kitchen table doing puzzles, I haven’t done a puzzle (besides the 20 [...]
What’s On Your “To Stop” List for 2012?
What’s a to stop list? This video explains what I mean… check it out and then if you like it, please share your comments and share it with others. Have a great day! Mark
Know Your Value
This week’s blog is about value. What is value anyway? Websters defines it this way: “a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged”. Pretty simple right? About what you expected? The problem is that for many of us, the true meaning of value, and it’s application in our lives can [...]
What is Your Why?
What is your “why” for your business, your relationships and your life? To me this is one of the most critical questions that people need to answer in order to find any level of success. Unfortunately, it’s also a question that many never bother to sit down and figure out an answer to. Most people, [...]
