by arnoudse | Dec 4, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles
“Life is a pendulum. I love the pendulum! When you are swinging to the bad you are building up energy for the swing back to the good side.” – Mike Nichols when interviewed by Charlie Rose Sometimes it’s really hard to be in love with life. Our expectations get...
by arnoudse | Nov 18, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Obstacles, Vitality
“What are you yearning for in life?” That is the question Julio Olalla posed in a recent Newfield Network webinar. For me, the answer came quickly. Simplicity. We yearn for less complication, less clutter, fewer features. Less frenzy, more calm. Less...
by arnoudse | Nov 12, 2014 | Connect, Obstacles
Image courtesy of Le Vent Le Cri on Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ My friend Fred looked very unhappy. He was explaining to me why he was about to make a commitment to a colleague that would require him to co-author a paper and present it...
by arnoudse | Nov 4, 2014 | Discover, Lead, Obstacles
“We, the business leaders, need to invest in the growth of our businesses without waiting for more certainty. It’s on us.” I have paraphrased a bit, but those words from Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE inspired me last week. It’s an important moment when an influential...
by arnoudse | Oct 28, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles, Vitality
Our culture honors beginnings. First loves. Grand openings. New product launches. Fresh starts. Clean slates. New beginnings. We are often not very good at endings. Bad business break-ups; messy divorces. We fear a lay-off even when we hate the job we have or losing a...
by arnoudse | Oct 21, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles
I love reading Seth Godin’s daily blog. In a recent post, No One to Say No, he said “people are not afraid of failure, they are afraid of blame”. I couldn’t agree more. And yet, these days it seems that most people are playing The Blame Game. When something goes...
