Don’t write them down – I mean, who needs to write stuff down?? My memory was good enough for me to pass that geometry test in high school, so it’s good enough for me now… Plus, if I write it down, I’ll have to see it every day and be reminded of my goal(s). Writing down your goals helps you keep focused on the long journey ahead of you. It makes the goal real and not just something you thought of one day that would be a good idea. And, in addition to writing them down, post them where you...
The Big Christmas Letdown of 2013
The ham has been eaten. The presents have been unwrapped. The overly-difficult-need a PhD-to-assemble toys have been assembled. All of your family has been visited. And then it happens. Every year… The Big Christmas Letdown. It’s like a drug addict going through withdrawal after being off of drugs for 24 hours. It’s like the feeling you have when your favorite sitcom just completed its series finale. It’s that feeling of finishing the box of fruit loops. It can come as feelings of disappointment, discouragement, hopelessness, or even depression. And it happens at the end several life events – birthdays, vacations,...
5 Keys to Giving Feedback
As a leader, giving feedback should be as natural and normal as drinking a cup of coffee every morning. Those that you lead expect that you'll tell them how they're doing. You should want to give them feedback because it's the only way that they'll get better and make steps toward improvement. So, here are 5 keys to giving feedback: 1. Feedback includes positive things, too. It's easy to fall into the rut of thinking that feedback should only come when someone does something wrong. There are many advantages to delivering positive feedback as much as or even more than...