by Gordon Parry | Career, Home, Mastery
I’m expected to perform at ever-higher levels at work. My spouse is on my case because I’m rarely home, and when I am, I’m not really present. We’re shuffling the kids from one activity to another, meals are taken on the run, and I can’t remember the last time I had...
by Gordon Parry | Business, Career, Energy, High Performance, Home, Leadership, Mastery, Mental Fitness, Motivation, Strengths
We recently shared a blog on Todd Henry’s terrific book Die Empty. We love this book because it encourages each of us to make a contribution, the unique contribution that only we can make. Henry describes what he calls the Siren Song of Mediocrity as “a...
by Gordon Parry | Career, Flourishing, Home, Positive Core
“I know that my contribution is defined by how I choose to engage the battles I face every day, and that my legacy is nothing but a series of choices to engage in or abstain from action.” Todd Henry The title grabbed my attention and the subtitle clinched the sale:...
by MAI Team | Business, Career, Education, Employees, Feedback, Heroes, High Performance, Inner Strength, Leadership, Motivation, Team Performance
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” Dwight D. Eisenhower And just how, exactly, does one do that? It’s the $64,000 question, isn’t it? Chris Lowney, a Jesuit seminarian turned investment...
by MAI Team | Career, Conflict, Happiness, Teamwork, Uncategorized
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” -Songs and Poems by Robert Burns Or, roughly translated for the non-Scots among us: Oh would some power the gift give us, To see ourselves as others see us. In other word: Know thyself....
by MAI Team | Anxiety, Career, Coaching, Conflict, Conflicting Ideas, Gratitude, Happiness, Learning, Love, Marriage, Optimism, Positive Core, Relationship with Money, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Willpower
The next time we got together, Michael and Megan had done their homework. Their combined figures showed that Michael was making $42,000 a year and Megan was earning $55,000. Their total monthly take-home pay was $6,228. Target Percentage Target $ on Combined After-tax...
