The situation in Haiti is appalling.

It is virtually impossible to break away from the news, it is on the television, the front page of the newspapers, on the radio, in the Twitter stream I follow. The images, the sounds, the stories…it is overwhelming.

But before the earthquake in Haiti struck, what occupied our collective attention? Was it the swindle or terror attempt du jour? The war, or scandal, or the crotch-bomber or whatever the crisis of the moment, imagined or real? I don’t remember, there were so many. It is important to know what’s happening, but what is the potential effect of that constant bombardment of bad news?

And most importantly, in what way does this bad news help me to live better, right here right now?   [Read more →]

I use Google Reader to track of hundreds of blogs on leadership, entrepreneurship and success. Here are some great posts that turned up in my Google Reader lately:
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Someone sent me an app on Facebook that creates a poster listing my statuses of the past year. Well I discovered that I have too many good ones to fit on just one page (plus I’m not a fan of subscribing to apps because of security concerns), so I used the app to retrieve all my status updates of the past year so I could archive the best here on my blog. Here are the highlights (IMHO) from my Facebook page for January 2009: [Read more →]

I’m fortunate to be part of an amazing circle of people led by Elizabeth Marshall, with a mission to plug you into the hottest ideas in marketing, business and leadership. AuthorTeleseminars.com is a series of teleconference interviews by high-profile authors and thought leaders to bring to your attention important books that are shaping today and tomorrow. Membership in AT is free and you get access to the calls and also the recordings.

The 2010 season starts off particularly strong with two great sessions: [Read more →]

What matters most to me in 2010 is one word: Execution.

I love Peter Senge’s definition of Leadership from his famous book “The Fifth Discipline”: leadership is the ability to get things done.  Getting things done means turning ideas into results.

For the past ten years I have been working on this vision of mine. When things work well, it is because I focus on making things happen. When things don’t work so well, it’s because I get too wrapped up in dreams, hopes and wishes…

Yes, positive thinking is important. The Law of Attraction (Ask-Believe-Receive) sounds nice, neat and tidy. But all the Big Dreams in the world amount to nothing until someone is willing to roll up their sleeves and get sweaty all over.

Here is what Execution means to me, right now.

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What is one word that sums up the experience that matters the most for you in 2010?

My favorite thinker Seth Godin asked this question to over seventy big thinkers and produced an inspiring (free!) e-book “What Matters Now“. Each person chose a one-word theme for what’s important to them in 2010 and wrote a little riff on the topic.

My faves are Hugh Macleod’s riff on “Meaning” (read the fine print!), Jackie Huba on “1%” (see one of the banner images on my blog!), and “Gumption” by J.C. Hutchins (made me smile!).

As complete as this little book seems to be, there are so many more themes that you can claim and express in 2010. I have a couple of ideas I want to explore… Stay tuned for my own choice – I will post it here this week as my “New Year’s Resolution Project”.

Pass the word about this inspiring e-book. Post it on your blog, on your Facebook page, Tweet about it.

What is your One-Word Theme for 2010?  Please share it! [Read more →]