What do Michael Jordan, Larry the Cable Guy, and Herb Kelleher have in common? They all believe in finishing projects. I heard the former head of Southwest Airlines say on a TV interview that the sole definition of a leader was someone who gets things done. Larry the Cable Guy is known for saying “Get [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Getting Things Done
Posted in Character, Daily Life, Leadership, Management, tagged "Just do it", Cable Guy, champ, completion, Daily Life, distractions, excuses, finishing, focus, goals, Herb Kelleher, life, Management, Michael Jordan, motivation, Nike, procrastination, productivity, project management, Southwest Airlines, thoughts, time, time management, tools, Work on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Good Morning to You! (Positivity)
Posted in Character, Daily Life, Happiness, tagged breakfast, coaching, Daily Living, faith, feeling good, fitness, food for thought, gratitude, Happiness, health, healthy lifestyle, hope, life, lifestyle, nutrition, Positivity, relationships, thankfulness, well being, wisdom on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I heard it first from my mother, then from my teachers, then from my coaches, and now from TV nutritionists. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” A variation has been “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Apparently, loading our bodies up with [...]
Difficult Journeys
Posted in Character, Vision, tagged calamity, complaining, difficulty, diligence, endurance, hard work, inspirational, journey, life, outlook, personal, preserverance, process, project, proverb, quote, ruin, start, task, thoughts, tragedy, trial on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The day had been a long one, and I relaxed gratefully in a comfortable chair as I watched the six o’clock news. Suddenly, rubble-filled scenes panned across the screen. I stared riveted at leveled buildings, uprooted trees and crumpled vehicles thrown far from their driveways. A tornado had struck a small town, and life would [...]
Leading by Example
Posted in Leadership, Management, tagged boss, champ, employee relations, endurance, humility, inspiration, Kansas City, Leadership, Management, perspective, preserverance, reflections, servant, serve, supervisor, thoughts, Work on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was hot, to say the least! Both the temperature and humidity had risen well over 90 on that late summer Saturday in Kansas City. Our construction crew worked feverishly in the heat to transform the old Kansas City baseball stadium into a football stadium for a Kansas City Chiefs’ preseason game—and time was in [...]
