Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #190 — Leadership = Parenting = Coaching You know those lines you use so often that as soon as you start saying it, your spouse, your partner, your dearest friends, even your family start to roll their eyes? Or they complete the sentence for you? Here’s one of mine:…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #071 — "Think longer" may be the new "Think different"Nothing is impossible, it's merely a matter of investing enough of three currencies: time, energy, and thought.Time must be carved out and dedicated to the effort. Energy must be reserved for and committed to the work. And Voltaire captured the…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #070 — Keep going!Giving up on something is often the quick and easy way out. But that "quick" can have lasting impact. The second-guessing, the self-criticism, and the self-flogging lingers long after the quitting is done.All too often it's merely the persistence that makes the difference between success and…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #069 — "Hope is not a strategy!"My Vistage Chair, Larry Hart, said that so many times it became part of the lore of our group, almost a cliché. Despite that, the message landed … As a leader, hope isn't even part of the equation. Clear values, a resonant dream,…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #068 — Security does not a life make.Maslow taught us that it is only when our need for security is met that we can even contemplate having our psychological needs like love and belongingness met. "Security" is a funny thing. It's situational, contextual, fleeting … even an illusion. And,…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #067 — Sympathy is a force multiplier.Way back in Episode #005 (3/5/18), we played with Teddy Roosevelt's idea that "Comparison if the thief of joy." When I read this quote by Oscar Wilde, I first thought that this week's conversation would snap back to dire warnings against comparison or…
https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155995736602687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #066 — Want to succeed more? Then fail more! The next time you hear an entrepreneur, an executive, or the leader of any organization profess their belief in innovation, ask them how they reward failure. Chances are, they don’t. And when failure is not rewarded, innovation is NOT…
https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155981784867687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #065 — To be human is fascinating! Yes, I have a sense of humor. I can find humor in just about every situation.* And though that has been a constant in my life, like Achilles, my superpower had a weak point. I was known to take myself WAY…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #064 — To be reborn is to become!Back in Episode 25, the idea we played with was “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why." AND I still LOVE that quote and that idea. But it's…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #063 — I hate my "But"!It was a brilliant conversation, until she showed her "But…" On a monthly call with a group of amazing coaches, this powerful woman described how powerfully she has been showing up and then she said, "I want to be like that is all areas…
