Are soft skills hard skills for you? Yes I know the term soft skills sounds so, well, limp. Soft skills are the skills that enable us to effectively get along well with other people. The top of mind essentials to note are: communication adaptability stress management teamwork organizational problem solving decision making time management critical thinking Now when I read through what I just typed in this list, it has business, career and work written all over … [Read more...]
How Solid is Your Focus and Values?
Our focus and our values are guiding lights for our lives. Like a lighthouse guiding a ship at night from the sea to port. It’s not that these are forever in cement never to be changed or adjusted. However, careful thought and consideration must be given before that happens. Your focus and values have to remain true to you and more important you to them. This isn’t always easy. There will always be outside influences and distractions which will test your ability to remain true to your … [Read more...]
Did You Change Your Mind? Again?
Did you change your mind – again? What influences us to often change our mind? Out at sea, in the open ocean, a ship underway is able to change course fairly easily. When the ship’s wheel is turned for example 10 degrees or 15 degrees right (starboard) the ship begins to move in that direction. How quickly it responds does depend on how long the ship is, how heavy, how fast through the water it’s moving ahead and where the center of gravity is for that ship right then. In addition, the … [Read more...]
Do It Now – Someday May Never Come
How often in your life are you presented with choices? There are choices in my life which have been in every single area. These have spanned career, family and personal, investment opportunities, and so much more. These choices continually present themselves. How about you? Then we make decisions based upon a variety of factors and influencers at the time. Sometimes the decisions we make turn out for the best for everyone involved. Other times not so much. Why is it that the decisions we … [Read more...]
