What do you feel when you are faced with a failed project, a conversation or relationship that breaks down, an illness, a job loss or something else that goes against expectations? What is your choice in handling an event of this type? Achievers hold a mindset that a learning point is important, know past experiences […]

In your day do you seek answers from someone else? Do you prefer to go through a process to set you up to explore the problem and uncover options? Too often people go in search of someone who will give the answer being validated. Want the answer and to move on negates what we are […]

People sometimes love to give their opinion of anything they comes across. They believe their answer is the right answer. Do you spend more time giving answers or asking questions to become more curious and seek more together? An inner circle of trusted associates who are ahead of you and invested will be more likely […]

We are meant to connect as humans with each other. What do you do during the day that exemplifies effective connection with others. Do others depart at the end of a conversation with you feeling lifted, feeling a certain warmness or knowing that you truly care about them? Successful people know that tension that might […]

People sometimes accept a condition to confine themselves within. They remain stagnant, for instance, in their attitudes, their thoughts, or their location. They become isolated and fear putting themselves at risk of trying something new or connecting in-person. They build a perspective that it is someone else’s fault that they are where they are. Have […]

What mindset do you have on this first day back into the regular business day of the new year. I remember early on my first days were getting back in the groove and feeling overwhelmed as my responsibilities turned to compiling the multitude of analyses for the end of the month, end of the quarter […]

Beyond the activities of the day, what are you feeling about your success this year? Every new year’s day, people feel a calmness about their lives; an almost separation from their woes to celebrate the start of a new year. This perceived sense carries into organizations as they start the new year too. In those […]

What is one component in why you miss hitting and surpassing the goal? People miss getting a clear vision of where they are going and what they hope to achieve. They also miss on the path seeing obstacles and responding to clear them before getting there. APEX living people, those who think and live higher […]

Have you seen a shift in a meeting when a person changes the directional tide of the team? It might be something said. It might be the way the words are spoken. It might be the air with which the person enters the room. Effective leaders have a presence that lifts the team’s confidence, which […]

People often want more from life. Much like a magnet, they expect more to come to them. They stay rooted in the past, holding onto whatever successes they may have found there. They stay identified with that moment. They are also critical of why they remain stuck. The key is that “more” awaits them and […]

What would you answer if someone asked “how many laws, acts, rules, guides, processes, and policies do you have to keep track of to do your job?” You might answer “way too much”. What prevents your team from rocking the day? Is it keeping acting in and tracking compliance to laws, acts, rules et al? […]

What is one thing holding you back from seeing a better day today? Might it be a shyness to ask a question? When people just go with the routine question and answer process, they feel at best an average experience. When you ask real probing questions of the experts, your experience goes up and you […]

When people are in a meeting or a workshop or some other type of event with a person facilitating they don’t have a connection, they take a stance of not believing the person can add to what they know. It becomes a trial to prove value for the facilitator. Good facilitators will connect with the […]

In a career or in a calling, when a person removes the noise from external and internal voices, he or she will be able to identify with greater clarity what is within, what might be the next step and what will be found along the way. This includes finding others to learn from up close […]

Doing the same gets the similar results. It is easier to follow the same path. However, when the dream changes, a new path is needed. A more mature you requires change. When it no longer makes sense to be that older self, the change pain is less than maintaining the same. You will be faced […]

People were not born average. They choose a life of mediocrity; not once, but consistently. The choice is made everyday by ignoring raising the level of expectations of oneself; by avoiding larger sacrifices to go to higher levels; ignoring calls to increase faith; and more. To climb higher a mountain, more is demanded with each […]

Are you on a habit treadmill where you just keep going from dawn to dusk? Do you create a quiet space each day to invite silence in and focus on your growth plan while removing the distractions for a time? Getting silent and focused on the one thing that you are meant to become is […]

What tells you that you know yourself well? And what you need to seek your next level? Look to another person who models how to perform at a higher level. Ask that person perhaps to mentor you in this effort or learn from afar. What you do beyond this speaks to your commitment to understand […]

Successful people understand life event impacts as they might have been there before. People who excel have an appreciation for what another is going through. Develop your emotional feelings to understand when another will need you to listen. Are you helping the members of your family or team to let them know you care. Leaders […]

When you today are trying to go unplugged and handling things at lightning speed, you mishandle the important thoughts. Fear might get in the way too. Appreciate the thoughts you raise and understand them. Use the right thoughts to take action toward your dreams with full throttle. When you ignore your thoughts or push them […]