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Insight vs follow through

As I reflect on the changing of calenders, the different nature of moment and momentum comes to mind. Do important things happen because we have a sudden insight, or do they happen because we get going and stay moving in the right direction?

The idea or inspirational thought that invokes change in our lives is important – but is it most important?

The work of getting things done is also important – the long string of success made up of a series of small successes – all leading in the same direction. But is it most important?

Which means more, inspiration or perspiration?
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I wasn’t ready for that…

Rarely in life do I see things as clearly as in my last post – Getting Ready – and then have an immediate followup…

Here on Timely Insights we post articles on Mondays … the answer came on Tuesday. And while I was ‘ready’ in the sense that I knew something was coming, I was still shocked at what it was.

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The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

I recall reading this book early in my corporate career – and a recent comment brought it to mind, so I had to check it out of the library and review it;-)

What do you get when you take one writer whose philosophy is managing people well – in one minute increments, and team him up with another who compares life’s problems and issues with monkeys?

Ken Blanchard, William Oncken, Jr. and Hal Burrows team up to offer an insightful strategy for keeping everyone’s monkeys on their own shoulders.

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Balancing weighty thoughts

When was the last time you considered your weight?  How about your thoughts?

Is your excess getting in the way?

I’m developing a new program that will clear your head – and it’s just what you need!

Read on…

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A fascination with puzzles…

It might come as no surprise to readers that I’ve put together a fair number of puzzles in my time.

During a run the other week I started forming a “consolidated puzzle theory” of life – that whether we consciously think about it or not, our mind is sifting through all the pieces trying to get a glimpse of the complete picture.

Or rather – our mind ultimately “knows” what the completed picture looks like, and is fitting the individual pieces into their correct spot – to solve the puzzle.

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