by Barry | Oct 30, 2012 | Awareness, Communication, Decision Making, Intentionality, Leadership, Listening
In one of my mastermind groups, we were discussing the law of awareness and one of the participants made the comment “I’m like a sponge, I just listen to everything and soak it all up.” Now I have certainly heard this expression before but this time it really made...
by Barry | Oct 29, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Intentionality, Intuition, Leadership, Priorities
As I write this, Hurricane Sandy is set to smack the eastern coast line in a way that we have not seen in recent history. I am on the left coast so my participation in this event will have to be lived vicariously through friends that I have within the storms path. I...
by Barry | Oct 27, 2012 | Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Leadership, Personal Development, Priorities, Success
I know, it’s not January yet, so why am I writing about goals? First of all, the notion that we should wait until New Year’s to come up with some new goals is nonsense. New Year’s resolutions aren’t new goals anyway. They are simply the goals...
by Barry | Oct 21, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Decision Making, Goals, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Purpose, Vision
My wife and I were riding our bikes to the store and passed one of the Oracle facilites. Not much of an event in itself but it reminded me of a story I read earlier this year about Oracle founder, Larry Ellison, buying 98% of the Hawaiian Island of Lanai. That got me...
by Barry | Oct 19, 2012 | Attitude, Awareness, Decision Making, Empowerment, Influence, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership
I heard a quote yesterday that made me stop and think about a lot of things. Ont thing is that we can’t control the environment that we are in. We can choose where to go but once we get there, it pretty much is what it is. The other is that once we get there,...
by Barry | Oct 15, 2012 | Awareness, Decision Making, Influence, Inspiration, Intentionality, Leadership, Legacy, Priorities, Purpose, Relationships, Vision
How many times have you heard the expression “practice makes perfect”? Run out of fingers yet? We have all heard it countless times and for the most part believe it to be true. I am not so sure anymore. I can’t argue that the more we work on...