Sisyphus. You remember him from your seventh-grade mythology studies. Sisyphus, condemned by the Olympian gods to spend all eternity in fruitless labor, pushes a rock up a mountain only to
Alexander the Great conquered the entire known world by the time he was thirty-three. Within hours of his death from Babylonian swamp fever, the Hellenic civilization began to crumble. Napoleon,
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule from Pareto, an Italian economist who posited that 80% of the wealth is held by 20% of the people. Expand that concept and you
While individuals with a personality disorder demonstrate rigid adaptations to daily challenges that cause significant impairment in relationships those without impairment exhibit flexible adjustments to the world that provide enduring
Jack Welch chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001 increased GE’s value 4000% during his tenure. One key to success—each year he fired the bottom 10% of
Henry David Thoreau said, “If one marches confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to lead the life he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common
Before making a list of goals you first want to understand what you want out of life by making a vision statement. Here are some questions to help define your vision
Rest before you get tired. Recognize signs of fatigue before you get frustrated. Take an afternoon or a long weekend away from work. When you return you’ll be amazed how
Duke University psychiatrist John Rhoads, MD studied successful, effective, and healthy executives who worked at least sixty hours weekly and compared those individuals with executives who developed burnout from working
Three out of four executives believe that annual vacations prevent burnout 50% of employees over 45-years old showed an increase in vigilance performance following a vacation 25% of those employees
My daughter and her family recently moved to France where her husband, Greg, has become pastor of an ex-patriot church in Lyon. Here is a post from her blog (lyonliving.blogspot.com)
Two shoe salesmen were given a new territory on a Pacific island. Immediately upon arrival, the first salesman placed an urgent call to the home office: “Get me out of
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