Category Archives: Goal setting

Climbing on the bus is just the beginning of the journey

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jay Morris

From literature and cinema we learn that momentous changes can net larger-than-life results. We love it when the protagonist finally quits her dead-end job, decides to start over or abandons everything she has to pursue her dream. And then, of … Continue reading →

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Leadership lessons from Jobs, Isaacson and Collins

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Jay Morris

If you didn’t have time to read Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, you can now read a shorter, condensed take on the Apple cofounder’s management style in an article Isaacson penned for the April Harvard Business Review called “The … Continue reading →

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Change isn’t an iPhone app

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Jay Morris

I was in a meeting the other day, and someone threw out the phrase “change management” as if it were an app you could download onto your smart phone and instantly, magically start changing. I thought about this later and … Continue reading →

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Putting balance in your life in 7 key areas

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Jay Morris

How many of us have achieved that elusive balance in our lives—successfully juggling career, family, exercise, learning, volunteering, and faith and spirituality? In the 1990s when I worked for the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, I heard about … Continue reading →

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Practice makes (nearly) perfect

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Jay Morris

Many years ago when I was a young, budding writer (or so I thought), I received quite a blow to my tender ego from the esteemed scholar and critic E.D. Hirsch Jr. I was at the University of Virginia and … Continue reading →

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4-year-olds and SMART goals

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Jay Morris

Art Linkletter was right: “Kids say the darndest things.” Reflecting on time spent recently with Miss Kylie, a 4-year-old who often visits us, I have come to realize that toddlers also have much to teach adults about SMART goals. SMART … Continue reading →

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