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07 Sep

How to Measure Your Life

by Lee J. Colan and Juliue Davis-Colan

 

Measuring your life can be very subjective and based on your own beliefs and values.  So, we offer two similar but different ways to measure your life.

The first is this quote from Clayton Chirstensen, “When I have my interview with God, our conversation will focus on the individuals whose self-esteem I was able to strengthen, whose faith I was able to reinforce, and whose discomfort I was able to assuage— a doer of good, regardless of what assignment I had. These are the metrics that matter in measuring my life.“ 

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04 Sep

Perspective

by Lee J. Colan

 

As a youngster, I always thought Rose Colan, my beloved mother, originated the phrase, “This too shall pass.” She used it frequently to help me keep perspective during challenging times.

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31 Aug

A Moment in Time

by Lee J. Colan

 

How do YOU capture a moment?  Do you take a mental picture in your mind or do you take it digitally like these concert fans in the photo?

At nearly every concert or event you can see as many phones recording photo or videos of moment as you can see eyes watching it. It's great to have the technology to capture our moments in real time. However, sometimes we are so busy digitally capturing an event for later that we forget to emotionally and viscerally capture it. We lose the present moment by trying to preserve it for the future.

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28 Aug

The Exponential Effect of Habits

by Lee J. Colan

 

Would you rather be given $1 million right now or receive one penny that doubles each day for a month? Most of us, like "a bird in the hand," would opt for the $1 million up front.

Can you believe that doubling your penny daily yields over $10 million in just one month?

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24 Aug

3 Steps to Build Grit

by Lee J. Colan, Ph.D.

 

The blessing of life also brings with it a multitude of adversities we all face – challenges with career, family, finances, relationships, feeling overwhelmed or struggling with depression. Continued negative news on many fronts and the stress of a new school year can magnify these challenges.

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21 Aug

The Specifics of Accountablity

Creating accountability is one of the most common challenges for leaders of organizations, teams, communities and families. Whether you lead many or you lead only yourself, accountability for results separates the best from the rest.

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17 Aug

Pencil Wisdom

by Lee J. Colan

 

A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box:

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14 Aug

Imperfect Communication

by Lee J. Colan

 

Human communication is imperfect  primarily because we are imperfect. Sometimes it is more imperfect than others.

For example, a few years my wife informed our son that I would be speaking at the Inc. Leadership Forum in San Diego and he would join me on a father-son adventure in San Diego.

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