First let me admit that I am a huge fan of Simon Sinek, who is the creator of a fabulously successful TED talk about why companies are successful. His thought – people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it. He is an excellent, convincing speaker on par with Obama and other… Continue reading Simon Sinek is Wrong About Millenials
The Key to Successful Goal Achievement is Iterating
it·er·a·tion ˌitəˈrāSHən/ noun the repetition of a process or utterance. repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem ~~~ As you may know, LifeSparcs.com was built on the concepts borne in part from… Continue reading The Key to Successful Goal Achievement is Iterating
How to Craft Great Resolutions in 3 Simple Steps
Here it is, the end of the year, and people like me (insufferable life coaches and the such) are coming out with ways to make your 2017 your BEST YEAR EVER! Usually we pin the timing on the New Year, but we all know that long before the flowers re-emerge from the earth our lists… Continue reading How to Craft Great Resolutions in 3 Simple Steps
The Importance of A Beautiful Space
Recently, I attended an Agile training class in downtown Seattle, close to Lake Union. For those not from the area, don’t fret – the actual location is irrelevant. What matters is the design of the space and how it makes you feel. During a break, and then after the training was over, I took the… Continue reading The Importance of A Beautiful Space
Three Proven Techniques to Maintain Gratitude Beyond Thanksgiving
To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kindness that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself… Continue reading Three Proven Techniques to Maintain Gratitude Beyond Thanksgiving
Find Awe and Be Present – It’s more important than goals
Many people ask me why or what kind of websites lifesparcs.com or HappyWisdom.com are? Eventually they end up jumping immediately to productivity something like Lifehacker or something like that. Yet, I’m not necessarily using goal achievement as my…well…goal of either of these efforts. It’s about happiness, which is attained through presence, which can be attained… Continue reading Find Awe and Be Present – It’s more important than goals
Results of one SPARC – How’d The Week Go?
So, last post I covered a simple version of the SPARC process, and here we’re looking at the results of the week on this one SPARC. The image below shows what it was on Sunday the 6th of November, and I’ve got an updated version, done last night on the 14th. Before After As… Continue reading Results of one SPARC – How’d The Week Go?
Get ready for the week in fifteen minutes with SPARC
We all want to have a plan for our week, to reach for new heights, and accomplish amazing things while not hating ourselves. One of the best ways to reach higher is to plan for it, and it is with this spirit I created LifeSparcs.com and the SPARC process. SPARC is the specific process I… Continue reading Get ready for the week in fifteen minutes with SPARC
Wisdom Wednesday – How to come home after work the right way
I love the poetry of David Whyte. If you don’t know, he’s a Northwest poet, and one that specifically targets the squishy area of being in the business world. Poetry aimed to address and frame work, career, family life, and the mess that all adds up to. In his excellent book, Crossing the Unknown Sea,… Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday – How to come home after work the right way
DIG Your Life – Get your Goals on Paper
We’re getting close to the new year! Are you looking forward to setting new goals? Or is it dreary and awful? As we approach the end of the year, it’s traditionally time to start thinking about goals, though it’s always a good time to do so. That is, unless you plan on not achieving them.… Continue reading DIG Your Life – Get your Goals on Paper