One day I was thinking about the factors that lead to accomplishment.  In doing so, I came up with a few words that started with the letter “A”.  That led me to search for additional words that started with “A” and matched what I believe are the factors for accomplishment.  In this post, I will [...]

In my last post, I wrote about bouncing back from conditions and situations that bring us down.  In this post, I will share some effective ways to help you bounce back. A few years ago, I learned two simple but powerful “techniques” while getting my Associate Certified Meta-Coach training from Dr. Michael Hall and his [...]

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from failure, disappointment, illness, etc.  It is a characteristic commonly found in individuals who live longer than average lives.  It is also very common in highly successful individuals. IT people are flooded with issues, challenges, disappointments and even some “viruses”.  There are many benefits to being highly resilient [...]

Success requires a lot of different factors depending on situations and circumstances.  In this post, I share four factors I see as essential to the process: Attitude Aptitude Approach Action Attitudes Attitude is the key factor for success.  It is the foundation.  It is the way we think about ourselves, others, and about the “world”.  [...]

The purpose of this post is to recommend the adoption of the 80/20 Rule mindset to improve your ability to accomplish the results you seek. According to the Investment Dictionary, the “80/20 rule”, also referred to as the “Pareto rule”, is a principle named after economist Vilfredo Pareto that specifies an unequal relationship between inputs [...]

The purpose of this post is to suggest a benchmarking approach for performance management. A benchmark is a “standard” or “level of performance” to which someone or something is compared.  Performance management is a management approach that focuses on the achievement of results. Benchmarking is the process of identifying the benchmarks.  Almost anything can be [...]

The purpose of this post is to share the accomplishment framework Remote DBA Experts has used to build a highly successful remote database services enterprise. Accomplishment is a process and it necessitates an effective framework.  The framework we’ve adopted at Remote DBA Experts is fairly straight forward.  It consists of several stages: Aiming Strategizing Aligning [...]

The purpose of this post is to suggest that ambivalence (”uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow”) can be a big detriment to progress. Every time I think about occasions when I felt stuck in some way, I discover that I was unsure of what I wanted or felt uncertain about it.  I [...]

This post is for individuals who are looking for ways to make change happen for themselves or others. In my experience, nothing fuels action to change more than a good reason.  If you want to energize yourself and/or others for change, especially difficult changes, spend significant effort indentifying the best and most compelling reasons for [...]

The purpose of this post is to share with you a fairly simple way to become a more efficient and effective person by questioning the purpose of everything you (and others) do. Imagine how much more you could accomplish if you became more effective and efficient as a person.  If this is of value to [...]