Mindset and Motivation Archives – Page 9 of 17

21 Nov 2011

Taking Critcism Well?

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:42:40-06:00November 21st, 2011|Categories: Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

This post is my comment in response to Bob Burg's post "Consider the Source". Since it ended up being one of those "epic" responses I thought I would put it up as a post myself.

Taking criticism well is one of the hardest things we need to master in business and life in general. It hurts and we are wired to react to hurt.

The thing is, the degree of hurt is often of our own making. By that I mean we let ourselves react as if our physical being is threatened and therefore some defense mechanism needs to be […]

31 Oct 2011

Who Are You (and Your Business)?

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:43:19-06:00October 31st, 2011|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

Today I was reading a post about "Being Right at Someone Else's Expense" by Bob Burg (recommended blogger).

I decided to comment on his post. Rather than take my normally more serious approach (in business anyways), I decided to post a fun comment where I started out in a negative over the top tone and then switched tone midway through. In fact, one commenter (Amy Wells) replied "Doug, LOL. I was gonna offer you a Jack Ass to carry all that rightness of yours…" which shows how over the top my intro was. See the post and the comments in detail for yourself. […]

27 Sep 2011

Only 24 Hours in a Day? Really?

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:44:15-06:00September 27th, 2011|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

Are there really only 24 hours in a day?

I am an eternal optimist when comes to thinking I can do anything; as much as I want. My brain tries come up with ways to get more time in a day. Maybe I can sleep a little less. Maybe if I work harder I can get everything done. Yet there is a price to pay. A trade-off for every choice you make. And there is always something more.

Still, there are only 24 hours in a day.

Work. Relationships. Health. Recreation. Hobbies. Self-improvement. You need to be balanced or you will eventually pay the toll […]

6 Jul 2011

Timesheets Don’t Lie – The Power of Tracking Effort

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:44:48-06:00July 6th, 2011|Categories: Doug's Blog, Leadership, Mindset and Motivation|

Timesheets don't lie.

Sure people filling out timesheets can be less than honest, but more often than not, they are more inaccurate than dishonest.

Measure It To Improve It

I've come to the very firm conclusion that if want to achieve your full potential, obtain your peak performance or build a great company you need to measure where you and everyone else spend their time.

When you are doing your strategic planning, looking to improve your business, thinking to grow sales or just working to satisfy your existing customers; it is likely that free time is in short supply.

This means you will tend to be […]

27 Jun 2011

The End Is Near!

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:45:01-06:00June 27th, 2011|Categories: Current Events, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

The forecast for today is fire. If we make it through that the rest of the week looks pretty good.

Are you accomplishing your most important work?

We are on our count-down to our product launch. We just need to make it through the next few weeks and focus on our most important work.

For us, the end is near… then things get going for real.

3 Jun 2011

Achieving Your Full Potential Starts With Health

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:45:29-06:00June 3rd, 2011|Categories: Current Events, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

I just went through one of those smack in the side the head reminders. Actually I am still going through it.

Like many busy professionals and business owners, I was finding myself grabbing lunch and/or dinner out. In this section of downtown, there don't seem to be a lot of healthy choices for food. I made the mistake of stopping at Tim Horton's for their chili combo.

I ended up spending the night regretting that decision immensely. The regret continued into the following day and well into the next. I still regret it. I won't get graphic so let's leave it at bad chili.

I really feel sorry […]

24 May 2011

The “Real” World Doesn’t Exist

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:45:51-06:00May 24th, 2011|Categories: Business Strategy, Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

Ok, the real world does exist… sort of.

The problem is that there is no truly objective way for people to observe it.

We all see the world through our senses which are interpreted by our brains and rationalized through our view of the world.

My reality is different than your reality. Nothing is real and everything is real. If your brain says it is real, for you it is real.

Say I'm riding public transit and see some drunk men acting obnoxiously and see them as slightly dangerous. My interpretation. The person sitting beside me sees the same men out having fun and […]

19 May 2011

Getting Better, Every Day

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:45:57-06:00May 19th, 2011|Categories: Doug's Blog, Leadership, Mindset and Motivation|

Imagine if everyone in your organization got a little better everyday. If you learned something or practiced something to make you a little smarter or faster or more efficient or… better.

In a business with 10 people, that would amount to 3650 steps to a better team every year.

Imagine if everyone in the business did something to make the business a little better everyday. Improved a process, went out of their way to connect with a customer, worked on building a stronger team, found a way to save a bit of money, found a better tool…

In the same sized business (working a […]

5 May 2011

Flow – The Ultimate State of Effectiveness

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:46:03-06:00May 5th, 2011|Categories: Doug's Blog, Leadership, Mindset and Motivation|

I just spent some time reflecting on the last 12 months of running and working in Sunwapta Solutions. This wasn't just daydreaming. My goal was to look at:

Where I spent my time versus where I should have spent my time?
When I was the most effective (getting results on important outcomes) versus just being really busy?
What can I stop doing or delegate?
Where can I focus my effort to get maximum results in the future?
What did I do well and what could I do more of?
What can I do better?
How can I remove any obstacles to getting results?

This is the process of […]

20 Apr 2011

You Gotta Want It: New Skill Mastery

By Doug Wagner|2017-04-03T11:46:09-06:00April 20th, 2011|Categories: Doug's Blog, Mindset and Motivation|

Apparently, when you start off to learn a new skill, your commitment level determines your chances of success more than the time spent practicing ("The Talent Code" by Daniel Coyle).

If you are passionately committed to becoming good at something over the long-term, you will likely do better at it than less committed people (or short-term committed people), even with less practicing.

This has to do with the urgency your brain associates with paving the superhighways that connect the neurons in your grey matter… something called myelin. That commitment plus the practicing ends up generating more and better superhighways than […]