Do You Know What Is Limiting You? Understanding some deep truths about capacity…. Your Capacity is Not Set If you are like most people, I bet you would like to achieve more out of life that what you are currently experiencing. Have you accomplished everything? Or Do you want to do more, be more, and […]

Benefits of Shared Thinking “None of us is as smart as all of us” – Ken Blanchard People who participate in shared thinking understand the following. Shared Thinking Is Faster Than Solo Thinking We are truly living in a fast pace world. To function at this speed, we simply cannot afford to go it alone. […]

Question Popular Thinking “I’m not an answering machine. I’m a questioning machine. If we have all of the answers, how come we are in such a mess?” – Douglas Cardinal Economist John Keynes stated once “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from the old ones.” Going against popular […]

Learn From Reflective Thinking “To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection” – Julius Poincare The pace of our society does not encourage reflective thinking. Most people would rather act than think. Do not misunderstand my thoughts, I love action and high energy. Our […]

Explore Possibility Thinking Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said could not be done – Sam Ewing People with possibility thinking are capable of accomplishing tasks that seem impossible because they believe in solutions. Here are 7 reasons why you should become a possibility thinker. Possibility Thinking Increases Your Possibilities […]

Strategic Planning Most people spend more time planning their summer vacation than planning their lives. Generally speaking most people plan their lives one day at a time. Others may plan one week at a time. Rarely can you get people to think in large quantities of time. Bobb Biehl wrote once, “We tend to over-estimate […]

Realistic Thinking The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality – Max DePree Anyone who has been out of school for any length of time knows there is a huge disconnect between college education and the real world. Understand that reality is the difference between what we wish for and what is! It […]

Harness Creative Thinking The joy is in creating, not maintaining – Vince Lombardi Creativity is pure gold, no matter what you do for a living. Annette Moser-Wellman author of The Five Faces of Genius wrote, “The most valuable resource you bring to your work and to your firm is creativity. More than what you get […]

Engage In Focused Thinking He did each thing as if he did nothing else – Charles Dickens Philosopher Bertrand Russell once stated, “To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.” Sociologists Robert Lynd observed that “knowledge is power only if a man knows what facts are not to bother […]

Cultivate Big Picture Thinking Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking – David Schwartz Big-picture thinking can benefit any person in any profession. When Jack Welch reminder and employee that the ongoing relationship of a […]