He felt naked in his parka, hat and scarf. The bitter winter winds pierced his clothing tearing his flesh to the bone. Shivering in the near zero cold, waiting for the bus to arrive, battered by a wicked lake effect snow storm.
The swirling blizzard snow, reduced visibility to a few feet. Piled high mounds of snow buried the curb making it difficult to stand. The storm harsher than usual, businesses closing early. He was isolated, cold and alone.
Why do some people instantly seem to master things while others take forever?
For example, Olympic 25-year-old Silver Medal pole-vaulter Jenn Stuczynski made it to world class status in less than 4 years. While the Gold medalist 26-year-old Russian Yelena Isinbayeva spent over 10. What was different about their training? [Read more →]
His name is Bill Bartmann and he was presenting at a major seminar on “the millionaire mindset”. Mr. Bartmann is a billionaire with amazing credentials. He was talking on one of the most important characteristic of the wealthy, without this one characteristic they would never reach their lofty goals. What is this one attribute? What is this one trait?
Have you ever participated in a 30 day challenge? As mentioned in an earlier post, I’m smack dab in the middle of one.
The thing about challenges, they test your resolve. Life pulls you in one direction, the challenge in another, your career a third and family still one more. Then someone asks, “How Stressed Are You?”
Has Your Shift Occurred, Yet?You might be afraid or you can be challenged.
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Life has been pretty good to me. I am healthy, have a loving wife and amazing kids. Plus I get to do the one thing I really enjoy. Yet each year, the last day of the season is always the saddest letdown for me. What is the ONE THING?
I apologize for not posting in a while.
As you have read in earlier posts, in the winter months I am heavy into skiing. I am a professional ski instructor, introducing people from ages 4 to 72 learn this fun and exciting winter activity. This winter, I have been even busier because a local ski shop asked if I could fill in some hours. The next post I make will be about the last few days of skiing.
Now that ski season is over I’m back to blogging, building my business, and coaching people to get more from life, their careers, and from their businesses. Likewise, I am walking my own talk. You will be seeing more posts and I am part of an on-line challenge to increase my business. More about that later.
I hope everyone is enjoying life to the fullest. Feel free to let your friends, family, enemies, or loved ones know about this blog. I encourage your paticipation and would love to read your comments.
Regards,
Michael Spindelman
There we were talking about corporate improvement strategies. We were having a simple discussion in the locker-room when a raw nerve was struck. So we dropped the subject.
About a week later I finally remembered that the cause of the raw nerve was very common. This individual was reacting to a reasonable fumbling of a well meaning consultant who was very competent with the tools of process improvement, but lacked a persistent understanding of the culture of integration.
What is a typical situation is that tools take on a life of there own. Management gets convinced that a specific tool is an end all methodology. Then they force it on unsuspecting victims who see the tool as over complicating a very simple problem. [Read more →]
