“He is so rich, he has no room to shit.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations There really is such a thing as too much of a good thing, or of anything. Ever heard of an ’embarrassment of riches’? How about an…
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Collectivism v Individualism in work teams Part II
Monday I identified the following four issues with our current approach to team building and productivity in the workplace. Our systems of evaluation and compensation are all skewed toward individual performance rather than team performance. Our management structures tend to…
Tagged with: appraisal, leadership, performance, productivity, team chemistry, teamwork
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
What I did on my summer vacation: Brazil, Boston, Beards
Is there a beneficial collectivism that supports and maintains the individual while enhancing the chances for attaining success en toto? Really, that’s your first sentence after two weeks vacation? I have spent the last two weeks with my wife’s family…
Tagged with: collectivism, Family, human interdependence, leadership, Practice, productivity, projects, Purpose, semi precious gems, team chemistry, teams, teamwork
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Posted in Leadership, personal productivity
R&R
Time to clear the decks and go on an adventure. Back in two weeks with my mind expanded my energy amped up and my focus back on productivity and aligning purpose to project to process.
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Can’t See the Forest or the Trees
My basic method has to do with getting de-cluttered from the inside out, clearing out the mental overload that leads to stress and reduces productivity and going all the way through the individuals work and home environment. I help folks…
Tagged with: action, de-clutter, focus, goals, Practice, Preparation, productivity, projects, Purpose, self management, vision
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Posted in personal productivity
Positive Thinking – umm?
Positive thinking is like positive drinking. It can be intoxicating but don’t drive under the influence. Neutrality and outcome focus leaves us nimble, agile, flexible and ready to react to the realities we encounter between here and our goal. Negative…
Tagged with: action, flexibility, focus, goals, mental ecology, Practice, Preparation, productivity, Purpose, self management, vision
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Posted in personal productivity
Scarcity v Abundance
An amazing property of the qualities love and compassion is that they are not scarce. We can’t run out of them. We forget them for periods but we never have to fear that if we give them freely we may…
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Practice Quote of the Day
“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.” ― Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Tagged with: action, goals, inspiration, Practice, self management
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Posted in personal productivity, Quotes
Mental Ecology: More Resources
Searching around the web on the topic of Mental Ecology I found a couple of useful links. One to a David Allen Article of Huffpost. It is a coincidence and not a coincidence that I am using a term from…
Tagged with: cycle of completion, de-clutter, focus, Getting Things Done, knowledge work, learning, mental ecology, Practice, productivity, Purpose, self management, tools, wellness, working memory
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Posted in personal productivity
Integrity – Internal Grit
Is it cheating if everyone is doing it? Is fairness just a level playing field? Are the win and profit at all costs mentality exemplified by the BioGenesis 13 and Johnny Football our new standard? In the past few weeks…
Tagged with: alignment, health, integrity, mental ecology, Purpose, self management, wellness, wisdom, zero sum
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Wellness
Posted in Leadership, personal productivity, Wellness
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