by Scott Anderson | Jan 15, 2015 | Personal Enrichment
The holiday season has just passed once again. It’s that once a year, two week long event that is identified by its hallmarks of family, food, and cold weather. It’s a fun and important time to slow down and acknowledge the positive forces of friends, family, and...
by Scott Anderson | Jan 14, 2015 | Personal Enrichment
The Pareto Principle is one of those weird statistical things that boggles the mind. It’s also called the 80/20 Rule and it essentially says that 20% of your actions produce 80% of the results. So, in business 20% of your customers give you 80% of your revenue. Or 20%...
by Scott Anderson | Dec 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
I often help my clients find answers to difficult questions in their lives. But what I think I mostly do is strengthen the inner muscle that makes action based on these decisions nearly automatic. As difficult as it can be to see our problems clearly, it can be even...
by Scott Anderson | Dec 8, 2014 | Essential Reading
The article below is by financial crisis blogger, Deborah Price, who is devoted to offering hope and support during these difficult times. Visit her blog, Your Daily Spiritual Stimulus. I really like Deborah’s point of view. In fact, I’ve been...
by Scott Anderson | Dec 8, 2014 | Essential Reading
https://www.complexbuilders.com/marketsThe following is an excerpt from Lama Surya Das’ wonderfully practical “Awakening The Buddha Within”, one of my favorite books. Kalu Rinpoche used to tell us to evaluate our own actions daily by making two...
by Scott Anderson | Nov 20, 2014 | Personal Enrichment
We’ve all heard the cliches about getting out of your comfort zone, doing things “outside the box,” and breaking bad habits. But how much do we hear beyond these catch-all sound bites and how much real life experience do we actually have in successfully breaking...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 31, 2014 | Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
There’s a lot of discussion in today’s business world about work-life balance and how to achieve it. The phrase itself conjures stock images of placid equilibrium—a pair of joyous kids on a seesaw or the good old scales of justice gleaming in perfect harmony. There’s...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 22, 2014 | Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
Writing is difficult work. But it’s not neuroscience. A lot of people read certain written works and think, “Wow, I could never have written that.” And thankfully, it’s likely that no one is going to ask you to produce the next bestseller or groundbreaking academic...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 17, 2014 | Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
Until recently, the word “mindfulness” would not have been mentioned in the corporate environment, much less considered relevant if it had been. But the walls of big business are no longer the rigid gray sliding structures they once were. Now, they are something in...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 17, 2014 | Leadership, Workplace Issues
Jon Gordon: author, consultant, speaker. To build a winning a team and a successful organization you must create a culture of greatness. It’s the most important thing a leader can do because culture drives behavior, behavior drives habits and habits create the...