Do you find that time influences your behavior? For example - How long would you wait for someone meeting you for a lunch or a dinner gathering at a restaurant? There’s no response back from your text. Not even the third one. Your voicemail messages were never returned. They had confirmed that morning – everything was on – all set to meet and looking forward to it. What is happening inside of you as five minutes goes to ten minutes, then to fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty and … [Read more...]
Are You Trusted?
“Trust is built with consistency.” ~ Lincoln Chafee The International Rules Of The Road for all waterborne craft at sea are followed all over the world. When you’re on a ship out at sea at night and you see the red running lights of a ship on your starboard side which is crossing your path – that ship will hold its course and speed – because they trust that your ship will adjust its course or speed to allow their ship to safely cross in front of you. Similarly, your ship would trust that … [Read more...]
Do You Give 100% Every Day?
Is it possible to give 100% all the time at what we’re doing? Let’s start with an example. Professional athletes have a strength coach. Odds are they have a nutritionist or they work with one along with some others. Professional athletes respect their need to focus and have the ability to quiet the crowd noise. So the majority of them work with a professional coach for their mindset – their head – their brain. Another thing pro athletes do is they respect rest days. They take a rest day … [Read more...]
What Are The Tools of Your Trade?
Yesterday I was able to be in the room while true professionals at their craft went to work. In New York City, at an exclusive studio in midtown Manhattan, Lesley Bohm, photographer, Cristina McLamb, make-up artist and Dr. Patty Ann, relationship, communication and emotional intelligence coach, worked together to choreograph the look and the style to express the authentic personality of a person. As you might expect in NYC, you ride up in a good sized freight elevator. Clearly, that’s the … [Read more...]
Do You Intentionally Celebrate?
“For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: ... A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance...” - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 We are human! Part of living and life is celebrating! There is the joy, warmth and positive energy created with a group of people celebrating. Especially when everyone is there to celebrate the same personal or group event, accomplishment or other achievement. From this celebration memories will be made … [Read more...]
Do You Enjoy The Fruits Of Your Efforts?
For years working aboard deep sea going supertankers, especially when in my role as the Chief Mate, there were certain times where there were periods of no or little sleep and high stress. For those who may not be aware a supertanker typically carries over 2 million barrels of crude oil. A single US Barrel of oil is equivalent to 42 gallons. So if you buy a gallon of milk in the store, it’s two million of those without the plastic container! As the Chief Mate, I was in charge of the loading … [Read more...]
