Category: Conflict Resolution

Our Greatest Good That others may prosper  If I’ve intended to accomplish one thing in this entire ten-part series it’s this: develop your ability to care for others.  This is our greatest good.   And specifically, as it relates to achieving your future goals, this is how to keep the joy in your achievement from fading.…

The Problem with Achievement Summit Syndrome You just reached a significant goal in life.  How come you feel let down?  It could be Summit Syndrome.  Coined by George D. Parsons and Richard T. Pascale in their Harvard Business Review article, Summit Syndrome describes what happens to high achievers who master a new job or skill, then lose…

Small Steps Big Results Some of you’ve been saying, “These newsletters were so sexy, but what’s up with all this data and mind mapping?” Lighten up, Francis. The world needs both poets AND engineers. Any self-respecting goal-a-holic knows that ROBUST data can radically improve goal achievement of any kind. To read that article, click here.…

In God We Trust All Others Bring Data* Great coaching takes us places we can’t take ourselves.  Last week we added mind mapping into our arsenal of ROBUST tools and gave it props for its unique ability to help us go deeper and wider with plotting big goals. To read that article, click here. We…

Taking someone where they can’t take themselves For goal geeks who love using maps, tools or technology to achieve big goals, I mentioned last time that mind mapping is a ROBUST dimension to add to your approach. To read that article, click here. I had the privilege of coaching my wife to complete her first…

Over-the-Top Attention goal freaks: this should blow your mind! But first, I mentioned last time how powerful it is when we connect positive emotions to goal setting and then find a way for someone else to benefit after we achieve them. To read that article, click here. If you’re not into drilling deep down into…

We all love the concept of going “all in”.  But BEFORE we do, using tools like the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. template will get us dialed in like a laser and really improve goal setting and achievement.  To read that article, click here. I mentioned last time that in addition to Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timebound —…

Dial it in GO BIG OR GO HOME!  We all love the concept of going “all in”.  But when it comes to setting and achieving your goals, you gotta know who or what you’re up against.  One really cool way to help that is Benchmarking.  Benchmarking improves goal achievement by creating the right comparisons.  To…

We are bent on getting what we want, but sometimes it’s too much about us. Meaning, we have needs, desires and goals that are important, but sometimes they feel too selfish to justify – so we either do them and feel guilty after, or we abandon them and feel cheated later.  Is there a better…

Too Good to be True Getting what you really want – does that sound selfish to you? If it does, this series is going to change that.  But what I’m more fired up about is the theme of this series:  putting more meaning in the things we do.  And specifically, how can we put meaning in the…