On holiday recently I picked up the best seller The Four Hour Body by Tim Ferris which is a companion to his earlier book The Four Hour Work Week. As a consequence I’ve changed what I eat and how I work out. I’ve stuck with the changes for about eight weeks now and feel very [...]
Up until about 20 years executives in transition called themselves Consultants until they found a job or stayed as consultants if they could make it work. Starting in the mid-nineties Executive Coaching became the refuge of executives in transition. Fewer have made that work but the business of training and certifying Executive and Life Coaches [...]
Experienced lawyers have told me repeatedly that law schools miss two very important subjects: marketing yourself and how to get off to a good start in the first year of law firm employment. Law firms are very concerned with integrating newly minted lawyers into the organization. But do those new lawyers know what they need [...]
In our Getting Stress Hardy workshops we make the point that too little or too much stress is not good for you but some is necessary. Usually challenge is the best form of stress to encounter. Challenges are typically something people struggle to overcome. I think struggling is the best form of learning. I see [...]
In my last post I made that point that the best marathon runners succeed with Conscious Competence. They pay very close attention to all aspects of their runs. They plan how long each mile will take. They plan how much liquid they will consume. They visualize, rehearse and are focused. If they were Unconsciously Competent [...]
Typically people think that experience results from failure. That’s because people mostly focus on the negative. And that’s a result of evolution. Cautious people, who take a more negative view, survive at higher rates and have more descendents. But the way to build more momentum in your life is to create a victory list for [...]
Typically people think that experience results from failure. That’s because people mostly focus on the negative. That’s a result of evolution. Cautious people, who take a more negative view, survive at higher rates and have more descendents. But the way to build more momentum in your life is to create a victory list for yourself, [...]
