Simply Strengths

Blessed by technology

This morning, at the same time, I was:

Chatting with a friend in Orlando – iChat
Watching a 1940′s newsreel of Yosemite National Park – YouTube
Reading comments from hundreds of friends, colleagues and acquaintances – Facebook
Engaging in some passive marketing for my business – Twitter
Posting a response to a question on the Strengths Campus community – Ning
And scratching [...]

Reviewing your week

The single best piece of advice I’ve EVER been given came during one of those $99 seminars they have at the local Embassy Suites. The tip cost less than a hundred bucks and has paid off thousands of times over.

Make tomorrow’s TO DO list before you go home at night.

When I take the time to do [...]

Sunrise in Nebraska

This is the view over my shoulder this morning as I open the Kindle. One cool thing about the Great Plains is the way you can watch both Sunrise and Sunset from the same chair. No mountains to stand in the way.

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Vacation Dilemma?

The key to personal satisfaction and higher performance is to intentionally apply your strengths to your work every day. I encourage people to understand the activities that strengthen them, and then look for opportunities to use those strengths in pursuit of what they are PAID to do.

So – if you’ve achieved a solid level of [...]

Promises, Promises

Experience has taught me to refrain from making promises about the frequency of blog posts, but I’ve just installed an app to my BlackBerry that allows me to post from where ever I am and this may change the wind.

My goal for the blog is to share observations related to the practice of understanding and [...]

I have made fire

My favorite scene from Tom Hank’s film Castaway has to be his announcement to all who can hear him that he has made fire on the deserted island.

The scene resonates well with me because I feel strong when I’m able to finally accomplish something after a long period of trial and error.

Can you think of a [...]

What the NCAA Final taught about priorities

The final game of the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament was by most accounts the most exciting final contest in the tournament’s long history. Passions ran high on both sides – those rooting for Duke to return to the role of national champion after a long drought, and those favoring Butler, a tiny school from Indiana who [...]

Twitter & Facebook Observations 16-20

As I continue to consider the most effective application for each of these platforms, my thoughts have been on what I am looking for when I visit each.

I recently posted that about 50% of what I get on Twitter has no value to me, and a friend asked me to describe my criteria. At the time, [...]

Charter done right

When my internet connection goes soft, there’s a series of steps I take to determine where the problem is:

1) Close and reopen Safari. Usually does the trick.

2) Reboot the Mac. Yes even Mac users should reboot occasionally.

3) Repair Permissions. PC users, never mind. You can’t do this.

4) Restart the wireless router. Unplug, count to 30, replug.

5) [...]

Doing or Thinking or Thinking of Doing?

Something Cali Lewis mentioned on a recent GeekBrief episode flipped a switch in my brain and sent me off on a wild goose chase of ideation*.

See if this provokes any different thoughts for you.

Cali reported that Twitter was changing it’s basic question from “What are you doing?” to “What are you thinking about?”

THAT restarted a mind [...]