Maintaining inner peace is important for everything that I do. It is important for my health. It is important for my relationships (including my long partnership with my wife of close to forty years). And, it is important for my vocational success. Everything in life goes better when we are able to maintain a sense of inner peace. We see better. We hear better. And, we appreciate better all that life serves up to us. For me, inner peace is so important that that it … [Read more...]
Steve Job’s Legacy of Consistent Excellence
October 10, 2011 By
The death of Steve Jobs has resulted in an outpouring of tributes - in traditional media, in social media, and at Apple stores - that speaks volumes for a man who is destined to go down as one of the all-time great business leaders in the world. Not just in recent times, but in all time! Job's successes (and failures) have been well chronicled. Two companies where he was the driving force - Apple and Pixtar - changed the face of their respective industries. In fact, Apple … [Read more...]
Byron Katie, You Can Change Your Story
October 3, 2011 By
I have long been a big believer that the stories we tell ourselves can either empower us, or disable us (that notion was one of my earliest blog postings on this site). After spending a weekend at nearby Kripalu Center (Lenox, MA) learning from the fabulous Byron Katie, I am an even bigger believer. For over twenty-five years, Byron Katie has been teaching people to do the "work" and helping people to uncover stories that are disabling them. Having read her books, I … [Read more...]
Why I Love Cirque du Soleil
September 10, 2011 By
Yesterday, I took a respite from all the writing that I have been doing of late so that I could take my wife on a fun day trip to Boston (MA). We once lived in downtown Boston and we always enjoy going back and walking around Quincy Market, Newbury Street, and the Rowe's Wharf area. As an added bonus, we took in a performance by Cirque du Soleil of Quidam. Now, this was probably like my sixth visit to a Cirque performance. But, this visit nevertheless was, once again, … [Read more...]
“No More Excuses, The Five Accountabilities for Personal and Organizational Growth” by Sam Silverstein
January 23, 2011 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
“Laws of Lifetime Growth” by Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura
January 1, 2011 By
Every New Year's, I choose a classic or two from among all the books I have read to reconnect with the wisdom of the book. This year, one of the books I chose was a powerful, quick read, The Laws of Lifetime Growth, by the very savvy Dan Sullivan and his co-author Catherine Nomura. The ten laws are soooooooo thoughtful and powerful. They are as follows: Always make… 1. My Future Bigger Than My Past 2. My Learning Greater Than My … [Read more...]
“Everything Counts, 52 Remarkable Ways to Inspire Excellence and Drive Results” by Gary Ryan Blair
November 19, 2010 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
You Gotta Dream Big
October 11, 2010 By
I love listening to the dreams and hopes of young children. Catch them before their dreams and hopes are trampled down by us "rational" adults and you will hear such wonderful dreams. Young children dream big! As we "mature," we are so often taught to be careful of dreaming big, less we live a life of regrets about what we didn't accomplish. But, what is the cost of living a life where we sub-optimized what is possible, whether in our personal life or in business? In … [Read more...]
“The Connectors, How the World’s Most Succesful Business People Build Relationships and Win Clients for Life” by Maribeth Kuzmeski
August 9, 2010 By
This blog post was written by Dave Carpenter. Dave is a prolific author, inspiring speaker, and well-known consultant to professional service firms. Besides writing regularly for this blog, Dave’s writing can be seen in leading business and personal development publications. He is the creator of the Accelerate Success program which helps high performers to improve results in any aspect of one’s life, while also uniquely benefiting one’s favorite charity. You can follow … [Read more...]
5 Steps to Reversing the Slide to Mediocrity in Your Personal Life
April 5, 2010 By
So you have decided, based on my last post, that that you may have mediocrity creeping into your life. Welcome to the club! Few among us don't begin to experience, and even accept, mediocrity in some aspect of our life, at some time in our life. Winners know that slide to mediocrity can be such a slippery slope. So they challenge themselves to do something...to arrest the slide. They commit to liberating the soul from the lies we so often tell ourselves that it really … [Read more...]
