The Job of a Lifetime The Job of a Lifetime
Purpose

The Job of a Lifetime

I read this the other day in an article from CBS MoneyWatch . . . “Of the country’s approximately 100 million full-time employees, 51 percent aren’t engaged at work – meaning they feel no real…

Your Third Word Your Third Word
Purpose

Your Third Word

My latest Radical Mentoring group is tackling the topic of purpose. Specifically, life purpose statements. Identity asks, “Who am I?” Mission asks, “What do I want?” Purpose asks, “Why am I here?” The stock answer…

500 500
Purpose

500

This is my 500th blog post on the Radical Mentoring blog (550th overall). Twice a week, we load up your inbox or your browser with five or six hundred words. The other day, someone said,…

Time is of the Essence Time is of the Essence
Priorities

Time is of the Essence

Our whole existence revolves around time. It’s behind our busyness, our drive to perform, our difficulty focusing. Almost all stress is time-induced. The things we stress over would be less stressful if we had more…

Part-Timers Part-Timers
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Part-Timers

Organizations of all types have flocked to part-time employees. To management, they offer flexibility and lower cost, in part because they typically don’t get benefits. It works well for the part-time employee too. Less duty hours and…

The Perfect Swing The Perfect Swing
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The Perfect Swing

In his book, The Boys of Summer, which chronicled the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950’s, Roger Kahn describes the swing of George “Shotgun” Shuba, a bench player, as being as “so compact that it appeared…

3 ‘Biggies’ For Your Life 3 ‘Biggies’ For Your Life
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3 ‘Biggies’ For Your Life

As I was reading a little Donald Miller the other day, I came across this . . . “Nearly 80 years ago a psychologist named Viktor Frankl stood up to Sigmund Freud. Freud was saying that the…

Motivation Explained Motivation Explained
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Motivation Explained

Recently my friend John (again) took out his ipad and started drawing and writing. And I (again) started taking notes. This time, he explained motivation…the range of motivation we either enjoy or are cursed by…

Why I Write This Blog Why I Write This Blog
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Why I Write This Blog

I’m reading a book about vulnerability . . . Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly. She first did a TED talk about vulnerability. The talk went viral, with over ten million people watching it. Now it’s a…