Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
Many of us get ourselves stuck in a situation requiring repetition, monotony and banal movement. Think about something you’ve had to do a thousand times or even a hundred times. Data entry. Licking envelopes. Picking four-leaf clovers. Opening every e-mail to make sure you don’t mistake something important for junk. What do you get out […]
While at the polling place to vote, the chap before me completed his ballot and stuck it in the nearest machine that looked like you stick ballots in. A woman rushed over to him (by this time I was waiting in line behind him) and stated that particular box was not the tabulator. She directed […]
With every event, PR strategy and celebration, you have a chance to create real change, not just make a profit, not just get new customers, not just have more people subscribe to your newsletter. During the Madison Winter Festival, American Family Insurance opened their DreamBank office on the square to divvy out free inspiration and […]
I’ve joked around about complaining, but other than that, I don’t bring it up too often. The reason is simple. I don’t surround myself by people who complain, thus, I don’t feel obligated to find something to complain about. Nor do I end up complaining that so many people complain. There’s just no point in […]
Let me take a stab at figuring out what’s holding you back. You’ve got plenty of great ideas. You start working on them, ordering what you need, planning schedules, collecting a team. Maybe you even complete your project. Notice how I left “what’s holding you back” very vague. You might be held back from starting, […]
Do you consider the end of the day throughout it? Or are you stuck in the moment, caught up in a whirlwind of emotions, captured in the small picture? It’s overwhelming in the moment, but at the end of the day, whoever is causing you stress, is just a person, likely heading back home to […]
You can’t get stuck on this. You can’t wait until you are. You can’t rationalize your way through it. Truthfully, you’re better off not being ready and moving forward anyway. Plus, often the best things in life we are never ready for. Why wait until we are? Stay Positive & You’re Not Supposed To […]
