Entries from September 2006

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Join me in CONGRATULATING…

Frank Meeuwsen (whatsthenextaction.com) and his girlfriend, Helie, on the birth of their little girl, Tess Moana Meeuwsen, on September 12. He got around to posting the announcement today.

Congrats, Frank!

- Michael

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Be Better Tomorrow Than You Are Today

Lead up principle #9 in John C. Maxwell’s book The 360° Leader is to be sure you are better tomorrow than you are today.

Growth is one of the things the insures that you will be able to lead from the middle. Many people have goals to become something or reach a specific level. And at that point, they are satisfied. However, that can be deadly to a career where someone wants to lead. As leaders, we never want to “arrive” in our profession. If we ever get satisfied with our place in life, we are finished in terms of growth.

Friday, September 8th, 2006

“Does Goal Setting Really Work?”

Today, in a chatroom, a friend of mine from England by the name of Steve posed this question to me, and it got me to thinking. How can one insure that goal setting is effective?

One thing I can say for certain is that if we set goals, and then put them in a folder, and do not reference them for another six months to a year…they are obviously useless.

What can we do to keep our goals in front of us?