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getting things done

My No-News News Report

August 14, 2009

Since I have been on a recent news media diet; I duct-tapped my business hat to my forehead and started grinding my nose as hard as I could in an effort to turn my own economies around. I’ll update you…

What declaration shall you make?

July 2, 2009

Just think that 233 years ago; the continental congress was in the final hours of deliberating what to do. They decided to risk everything so we could have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They stood…

Procrastinate Your Way to Success – Seriously

June 20, 2009

Procrastinate Your Way to Success – Seriously Don’t do it!Okay, it’s time to procrastinate your way to success. Sounds odd doesn’t it?  After all why do today what you can put off till tomorrow? If you are like me you…

What Makes Someone Great?

June 19, 2009

What makes someone great? What creates greatness? Do leaders ask to be great? Do they desire to be great? Or do they come from ordinary stalk and somehow they make the decision that something has to be done. Do they…

CEO Tip – It’s Okay to lose your Balance

May 16, 2009

I have an adverse reaction every time I hear someone give advice about living a balanced life. It doesn’t matter who it is, it drives me crazy. I was talking with my pastor and it finally occurred to me what…

It’s Still A Stupid Idea

April 26, 2009

Let’s call it what it is, “stupid”.  Mass adoption of a stupid idea does not in anyway alter the intellectual value of that idea.  It’s still stupid. For me when confronted by a populist idea – I remember an anonymous…

Thought Momentum

April 26, 2009

Thoughts combined with action and deeds creates momentum towards a goal. Thinking about something, committing it to paper (or a different media) and starting to take action on that thought is what gives us substantially all forward progress.   Thinking…

Thought Injection and Thought Security

April 21, 2009

Accepting the thoughts of others without validation is foolishness.  The more thoughts that you accept, the more momentum you create in those thoughts and the more vulnerable you become to the influence of others.   Surrendering your thoughts without conscientious…

What you fix your attention on accumulates

April 19, 2009

What you fix your attention on accumulates.  What you apply pressure to either strengthens or weakens.  In this way good thoughts become great ideas and bad thoughts become potentially destructive.  What you fix your attention on will grow in strength.…

Thinking in a Straight Line

April 19, 2009

To decide to do something and get it done has to be one of the most difficult things to do.   I can’t speak for you, but to me – to start with a thought and convert it into a…