http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog Brief Thoughts on Becoming Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:22:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Your imagination is your preview to life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=10 Let me be remembered as the man who told you something you already knew. -- Woody Guthrie http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=30 "In the long run, you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high." -Henry David Thoreau The goal to 'aim high' is not new, as this quote from Thoreau shows. But it is scientifically proven. A study was ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=9 A life lived by chance is a life of unconscious reaction. A life lived by choice is a life of conscious action. - Unknown Choose. http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=14 "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, and an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=22 As the Buddhists say, "The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now." http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=11 One Ride, Three Lessons. Lesson Three – Fear Just after you pass under the George Washington Bridge there is a big hill. I had only ridden this way once and was surprised, since the rest of the path is totally flat. The road kept getting steeper and steeper still, until I could ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=43 One Ride Three Lessons. Lesson Two – Enjoy the Journey The Hudson River Greenway is not complete. There are two spots where you have to detour for a bit. The first takes you up through a lovely section of Riverside Park. The signs said Go Slowly, Respect Others. It sounded like good ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=42 Those of you who know me know I love cycling and see a lot of analogies to life on the bike. Today I went on an impromptu ride and discovered three. One Ride, Three Lessons. They were meaningful lessons for me, hopefully they will be for you, as well. One Ride, ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=41 One of the keys to being a superior therapist, coach or mentor is knowing when and how to make successful interventions. An intervention is speaking to your client in a way designed to remove a block to bring about significant change. It appears to the client that the intervention arises ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=40 The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other with us, in our minds, wherever we go. -- Martha Washington http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=7 An article in the May 24, 2005 issue of The Wall Street Journal, Bosses Who Pigeonhole Workers Waste Talent, Contribute to Turnover, speaks to the problem of people being pigeonholed and prevented from advancing: Executives talk a blue streak about the importance of developing talent. But many ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=6 When there is nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire. ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=5 You can accomplish anything, as long as you don't care who gets the credit. ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=4 Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler. ... http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=3 Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage -- Anis Nin http://executive-mentoring.com/weblog/?p=2