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Archive for the ‘personal achievement’ Category
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
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When the going gets tough, we tend to seek out those people—and things—that give us the strength to be our best self. We yearn for the feeling that we’ve turned our lives around and are headed for better days.
Looking for the upside takes our mind off the down times. A positive attitude allows us forget, even for a while, the hardships that face us in many areas of our life.
Here is the ugly truth: We learn very little by being happy and content. We learn everything by being engaged with the realities of life, especially when it’s hard, confusing, and difficult.
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Tags: achieving goals, adversity, best self, better choices, motivation, overcome adversity, overcoming obstacles
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
Article first published on www.linked2leadership.com
If we want to create a great life, we must first create the greatness in ourselves. Greatness is usually coined in terms of success, but what if winning isn’t everything? What if “simply making the effort to win” is the path to greatness?
Often, the focus on results and their rewards are the things we rely upon to provide us with life lessons. This is because we’ve come to believe that ”the great lessons of life” are the things seen, felt, heard, and experienced outside of one’s self.
- From the time we were in grade school, we are taught that the best answers in life come from books or from someone else’s head.
- To emphasize a point, we often quote a leader who lived a great life—it gives heft to our argument.
- By association, we are also great thinkers, or so the thinking goes.
These examples of great results are overt and outside of ourselves. They are awake in the public domain. (more…)
Tags: empowered, empowerment, goals, great life, leadership, life purpose
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
 Image via Wikipedia No matter the time of year, or who we are, boredom can hit us when we least expect it, and we find ourselves bored with work, relationships . . . even life.
Sometimes boredom sneaks up on us; other times it signals its intention from way off in the distance. Either way, boredom is something that leaves us uninterested and unengaged with the things we’re doing.
When I was a kid, I’d say, “I’m bored. I haven’t got anything to do.” What I was really saying was this: “I don’t have anything fun to do.” As kids, we still dream. We pick activities that spark our imagination and curiosity. We learn at an early age that the remedy to boredom is adventure and exploring the unknown.
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Tags: balance life, bored, boredom |, dreams, life purpose, meaning of life, passions, unfulfilled
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
 Image via Wikipedia When we were young, the purpose of life was very clear—have fun! We focused on being independent, doing things our own way, seeking adventure, and looking for the best in ourselves and others.
And then we graduated from school, got jobs, and took on adult responsibilities. Suddenly, the purpose of our life had more to do with meeting the expectations of others and less about what we wanted for ourselves.
As a result, we start to live more on the fringes of other people’s lives than in the middle of our own. But here is the thing: when we don’t live life for ourselves, it’s impossible to find fulfillment and purpose.
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Tags: empowerment, inspiration, leadership, life purpose, personal achievement, personal identification, professional development, purpose of life, spiritual growth
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Article first published on www.linked2leadership.com
We are all searching for answers. The moment we stop that search, we cease to be empowered and the leader of our own life.
No matter what we do for a living, we are all entrepreneurs of our own ideas. The generation of ideas and answers to life’s questions is empowering. It helps us to identify and resolve issues that hold us back personally and professionally.
The Link Between Personal and Professional Success
Successful people understand that it is impossible to separate personal achievement from professional performance. For short periods of time, it’s possible to fool all the people all the time; but an empty suit cannot sustain itself over the long haul. (more…)
Tags: achievement, ambition and success, authentic leadership, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspiration, leader, leadership, personal achievement, personal values, Success |
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
 Image via Wikipedia Good leadership begins with you. Everyone talks about developing good leadership skills. The truth is that the only person who can really teach you how to be the best leader is . . . you.
It’s tempting to rely on an expert to show you how to mine the hidden truths about good leadership. The bookshelves are stuffed with leadership assessments and techniques. They can all add value but they cannot answer the most important questions: Who are you and what do you believe?
No expert can tease those answers out into the open except you, no matter how much money you spend or how hard they try. A lack of self-awareness and self-knowledge produces a leader who is grounded only in the latest model or theory—a little like switching religion when the going gets tough or when something better comes along. (more…)
Tags: Awareness, Emotion, emotions in leadership, from good to great, good leadership, Jim Collins, leader, leadership, personal values, personality, self-awareness, self-knowledge, values |
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
 Image via Wikipedia The holidays—they are the best of times, and the worst of times. Long lines test our patience. We have places to be and things to do.
We know we need to be more patient, but it’s stressful maintaining all that relentless good cheer, gritting our teeth and chugging through the crowds in shopping malls, a smile frozen on our lips.
We try not to think of the extra calories, boring cocktail parties, and Christmas presents that seem to take a bigger chunk out of our budget every year.
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Tags: Christmas stress, ego, holiday stress, impatient, patience, patient, personal development, stress
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
 Image by WingedWolf via Flickr Who are you becoming? With every day that passes and every decision you make, you are either getting closer to who you want to be or you’re taking a step back.
Who a person is becoming is much more important than who they’ve been in the past. Take an inventory of your personal values to see where you are headed. All of the actions, choices, decisions, experiences, and people that you included in your personal inventory of values are pointing to the person you are becoming. (more…)
Tags: FBI, integrity, life purpose, Oscar Wilde, perseverance, personal values, Value (ethics), values |
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
Article first published on www.linked2leadership.com
Remember the days when personal values were things we bragged about? We were proud to live by a set of standards—many of which were handed on by our grandparents.
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Tags: Eliot Spitzer, Kim Kardashian, moral choices, personal development, personal growth, personal values, Reality television, values |
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