Last 8% Morning

You want to create a great team or organization.But you are facing the challenge of a whole bunch of new people in your organization and on your team and so people are feeling disconnected – they don’t know each other. You are also needing to navigate a return to a hybid office of some sort where people can connect but people are resisting .What to do?In a word, culture. But culture is often misunderstood.Today, we discuss the biggest misconceptions people have about culture so you can use cu...

Ready to start setting more detailed goals? Not sure how to do it or where to start?In this episode, the 4th of our The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we go deeper into crafting our plan. We move from the work we did on our 3-Year Best Life Story to building our 1-year Plan to our 3-Month Focus to finally what we call our '1-Goals'.So we move from a wider, longer perspective to a narrow, shorter perspective so that we have a clear understanding of what will guide out a...

Feeling like there is something missing from your life? Feeling like you could benefit from getting clear on what you most want out of life? Not sure where to start?In this episode, the 3rd in our The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we think 3 years out and craft a plan about what we want our life to look like so that we know what our North Star is and we can build goals that help us take action.Let’s walk!“To get The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life Works...

Have you lost momentum? Not as focused as you want to be? Falling into old habits that are not serving you? Feeling unmotivated and becoming frustrated? Well, you are not alone. It is so common to have moments like this when you feel like you are not living like you want to, not achieve all that you can.In this episode, the second episode of the The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we continue our journey of creating a plan to start anew, build momentum and create the ki...

Are you wanting to be effective, get stuff done, maybe get in shape – take control of your life, but are finding that, instead, it seems you are losing focus, procrastinating, maybe feeling aimless or unmotivated and becoming frustrated? Well, you are not alone. It is so common that we have good intentions to do well, to be productive but fall off the horse, lose focus and have trouble getting going again.In this opening episode of The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life, we provid...

Are you feeling stuck?Is part of the problem that you are feeling overwhelmed with all that you are doing and feeling too busy to look up, take your breath and consider how things are going?A good practice at the end of the year is to look back and reflect on how the year went. This is part of what helps us course correct. But it is important to make sure we focus not just on the negative but also on the positive.Given we are at the end of 2022, in this episode we give you a little exercise t...

Every day, you face many difficult situations: it could be in challenging relationships or when you face change in your personal life or career.How you deal with these difficult situations, how you handle them, will mark your life and become a differentiator on so many levels.In today’s episode, we talk about what’s at stake when you face the difficult situations that are known as Last 8% situations, those that can affect your reputation, career and relationships, and what to do about it.Exci...

Are you finding you are burning out?Feeling the strain from all the change going on in your organization?Feeling stressed by relationships where there is struggle?Are you worried about how it is affecting your health?Did you know that there is one simple thing you can do that a recent study found will decrease your mortality by 50%?This is the topic of today’s episode.Let’s walk!All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.Friedrich NietzscheIt is a shame for a man to grow old without...

Have you found that you are working hard but not finding the time to do enough of the things you enjoy? Like taking that vacation, or going out to see friends, or going for a walk on a beautiful day?Do you feel guilty when you engage in these non-work activities and think: I should be working right now, or at least I should be more productive than this? If this true for you, know you might be getting caught in More Time Later Trap, a trap that insidiously depletes us of our enjoyment of life’...

Are you struggling in a relationship?Whether it is someone you work with or someone at home, are you finding it challenging right now?It goes without saying that being in relationship is hard, but a big reason people struggle is because of the Big Misconception.The Big what?It is one of the fundamental reasons you struggle in your relationship at work and at home and is what we will be focusing on in today’s podcast.Let’s walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can ...