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Excellence Experiment 2.0 (A Year of Kaizen) – 3 Month Update
For my 2019 experiment with the pursuit of excellence, I decided to put the principle of kaizen (continuous incremental improvement) to the test. Businesses and factories have successfully been using kaizen for nearly a century, with well documented results. But the concept of continuous small improvements can be applied to ...
Profiles in Excellence: Siri Lindley
I first learned about Siri Lindley when she was interviewed by Tony Robbins on his podcast. To be a featured guest on his show tells you this woman must be exceptional in some way, and she doesn’t disappoint. Lindley is a former professional triathlete with an impressive list of accomplishments: ...
It’s a Wrap! Year One of the Excellence Experiment
A year-end recap and reflections on my first "Excellence Experiment" - what happened when I spent a year pursuing excellence.
Library of Excellence: My 2018 Top 5 Books on Achievement and Personal Development
These are my 5 favorite books that I added to my library in 2018, not necessarily published in 2018. These are all classics that will move you along the road to personal and professional excellence – well worth reading!
Focusing on Success – A New Approach to the New Year
I used to have very mixed emotions about the New Year. On the one hand, January 1st represented a chance to start over, reevaluate my life, and set new goals or resolutions to make the next year better. Thinking about how much progress I could make with 365 days ...
The Excellence Experiment: 11-Month Update
Originally I planned to update my results after 10 months, but I just looked at the calendar and realized it’s already December, so… Sometimes life gets in the way of our best intentions, which is probably the biggest insight I’ve had since my last progress report. Well, maybe not ...
Kaizen and the Power of Momentum to Create Big Change
Small steps. They just sound so slow and inefficient. I mean, when we decide we want something in our life to change, we want that change NOW! Big steps, giant leaps forward, right? Who has time to wait? We even make fun of the small steps approach. Remember the movie ...
Overcoming Procrastination: Using Kaizen to Create Time Snowballs
I used to think I needed to set aside large chunks of time to tackle big projects. If I was going to write, I needed an entire weekend free, or at least a full day. If I was going to reorganize my closet or clean my garage, I needed ...
Getting Unstuck: Kaizen and the Magic Geranium
There’s a wonderful children’s story called “The Magic Geranium,” from a collection titled “Read Aloud Funny Stories” by Jane Thayer. If you haven’t heard of it before, it goes something like this: There’s a woman, Mrs. Smith, who lives in a drab, messy little house, but feels powerless to change ...
