How much happiness do you derive from your friendships? How much does the gift of friendship cost? What about all your other life relationships? I am not looking for a dollar figure since I doubt there is one anyone of us could agree upon. I am speaking about the true value you place in your...Read More
“To err is human, to forgive divine.” Alexander Pope Okay, so it is time for me to admit I am wrong — again. You may remember a few months back when I admitted that I had bought into the concept that success required hard work, struggle, and hardship. I admitted I was wrong. Success is...Read More
“The cost of being wrong is less than the cost of doing nothing.” Seth Godin Okay, so it is time for me to admit I am wrong — again. You may remember a few months back when I admitted that I had bought into the concept that success required hard work, struggle, and hardship. I...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein The hardest exercise I ever had to complete in my training with Marty Seligman and Ben Dean was the Gratitude Letter. The steps for the exercise seemed simple enough. Write a letter of gratitude to someone who has impacted your life. Simple. Then do not mail the letter, but meet personally with...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein Tom Rath’s new book has me fully charged. Before I tell you why, I want to thank – again – Ben Dean of Mentor Coach for the outstanding educational platform he has developed. I bought Fully Charged because I received a notice that Ben was doing an interview with Tom. If you...Read More
The Village Effect will give you a fresh look at why we gather during the holiday season — and just might help you rethink where you invest your time this holiday season and the rest of the year! Just answer a few of these questions for yourself: Do you have more energy or do you...Read More
You must Focus to Succeed and Heidi Grant Halvorson has developed some free, short assessments (magic word after a holiday spending binge on the first day back to business — free and short) to help you do both. If you started this new year with a list of intentions, a bucket list or some good...Read More
Want to share a 4×4 that Ben Dean of Mentor Coach used in our Blue Sky Thinking class last week. This 4×4 is known as the Covey Time Management Matrix. See https://www.stephencovey.com/ for more about work Stephen Covey and his company has developed. The question I will put to you is simple: How much of...Read More
