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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Priorities #1, 1 and 1

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Chris

How many #1 priorities do you have? Priorities shift.  As we grow, experience and mature, new opportunities will inevitably present themselves; opportunities that are justifiably exciting.  And that’s fine.  But you would also gain immensely from a message an old mentor shared with me, “You can do two things well, or one with excellence.  You [...]

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Business Glasses

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Chris

I’m looking into getting some new glasses.  The Optometrist asked if I had hyperopic (farsightedness) or myopic (nearsighted) vision. When you put on your “business glasses”, which one do you suffer from?  Are you living way in the distance, and missing the details?  Or are you so focused on the details you’ve forgot about what you’re really [...]

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Working with what you’ve got (and understanding your priorities)

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Chris

I’m recently returned home after spending the weekend in Boston. (My first time) New to the city, I jumped on one of those tourist trolleys that takes you around the city with a live narrator, filling you in on the history as you take in the sites.  Here’s the biggest thing I took from the [...]

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Too many choices?

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Chris

Having polished off Sheena Iyengar’s The Art of Choosing this week, I had some time over the weekend to reflect on the apparent rising trend of “choice” as a topic (either primary or secondary) in a good number of recent, leading business books.  In his latest, Drive, Dan Pink spent a great deal of time [...]

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