Are You Taking Things Personally? In his ground-breaking book, The Four Agreements, author Don Miguel Ruiz wrote that taking things personally along with making assumptions was the equivalent of “a personal hell on earth!” As a leader taking things personally is a path to creating a personal hell for everyone in the office…including yourself! Why?…
“This indecision’s buggin’ me, exactly whom I’m supposed to be, so you got to let me know, should I stay or should I go?” The Clash When it comes to making decisions, sometimes we can get bogged down in the in-decision. And the bigger the decision, the greater the in-decision can be! Maybe you’re…
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on, I can’t believe you.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” ~ Joe Klaas Recently, I expanded my reading to include books and articles whose premise or concepts are outside of my normal…
Over the course of my life I have read and been influenced by a great many books. It always seemed like the perfect book appeared when I needed to read it the most. A few weeks ago I was asked to share some thoughts on my latest book, Extraordinary Results for Life, and to recommend 5…
in·teg·ri·ty – /inˈteɡrədē/ noun 1. the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. 2. the state of being whole and undivided. There seems to be a “lack of integrity” epidemic infiltrating our society. In all actuality, this dis-ease that has been around for quite awhile, although it seems to be spreading wider,…
“The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May It takes courage to change the “things” in our lives that are not working. It sometimes takes even more courage to be willing to take a long, deep look at ourselves to see what we are doing or thinking that is…
Leadership…Disrupt Yourself! Lately, I have been hearing a word bantered around a lot, especially as companies try to navigate the extreme volatility of the current world environment. The word is disrupt and is defined as – “to break or burst asunder, separate forcibly.” It is from the Latin word disruptus, from the past participle of…
“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.” ~ Joseph Campbell The Blame Game Is it me, or have you noticed the astronomical rise in situations where folks are blaming anyone and anything for their problems? Have you noticed that practically every other news media story,…
“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.” – Victor Hugo. Battling the Monster Imagine that you created a product. A product that took you years to create. You’ve babied it, poured your heart and soul into it, with the dream that it might change the lives of those folks who experienced it. An then one…
An excerpt from Joe’s Latest book, Extraordinary Results for Life, now available here THE PATH TO AN UN-ORDINARY JOURNEY BEGINS… Self-awareness is the first step in becoming un-ordinary. When you can embrace a sense of humility, work to dissolve or minimize your ego, and push yourself outside of your comfort zones, you will then be…