It’s one of the most famous and fun metaphors out there: “It’s like herding cats!” It was the subject of a major and very popular technology company ad campaign, too: The thing is, it doesn’t really make much sense. Herding cats is easy. You just put something the cats really want – a can of tuna, for …
Tag: wants
What Do You Want?
Seriously. I've agreed to stop talking about how you should “do what you love“, but I can't help but think that part of the reason people don't follow their passion is because a lot of the time they don't figure out what it is in the first place. Let's be clear: there's a difference between …
The Defining Moment Part 8: Resources
Whatcha Got? If you’ve been trying out these various exercises – figuring out what your Defining Moment is, working out the details of it, assessing the risks of trying for it and then also trying to foresee the consequences of success – you may be pretty excited. I hope you’re pretty excited, anyway! When you …
creating realistic dreams
Letting Go of Superman I’m about to commit a cardinal sin of personal development blogs: I’m going to tell you that sometimes you have to let go of your dreams. Yep. That’s right. I said it. Sometimes you have to let that stuff go. It came up today when I was talking with an old …