https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155883773232687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #058 - Comfort zones are everywhere! And the most common comfort zone, the one that requires fierce intention and consistent effort to break free of, is the vacuum chamber we all-too-often create by surrounding ourselves with people who always agree with us. Frank A. Clark drove this point…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155855864962687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #056 - Escaping is cheating. Upon first reading this quote by Thomas Carlyle, I was torn: "The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss." On the surface, the conversation would be about the things we miss out on while we…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155723003337687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #047 - Get goal-setting "just right" ... For me, there is a zen to setting goals. Do you set them accessibly low, impossibly high, or artfully in balance? Regardless of the answer, the underlying motivation is important, because, as Michelangelo pointed out: "The problem human beings face is…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155708268547687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #046 - I love hate mail? Finding the joy in receiving hate mail (or any criticism, for that matter) takes some serious reframing. At first, each and every criticism lands on my skin like a bloodied whip. I'm prone to take it personally. Or at least I was…
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Episode 045: [One] who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake.
https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155693983912687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #045 - Don't compound the damage! I can't say that I love making mistakes. In fact, I don't love making them. Yes, I do get that mistakes are the fertile ground of learning so I'm OK with making them ... especially while holding to my goal to "Make…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155679341892687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #044 - Comfort? Bah, humbug! What's so enticing about staying in a comfort zone? Ummm. DUH! It's comfortable! I don't have to stretch, work hard, grow, fail, flail, or fly! I can essentially melt into my favorite couch, flip on Netflix, and shut off my brain... Inertia wins…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155666205012687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #043 - I am a work in progress! Back in 7th grade, I was fascinated with Paraclesus' idea of the homunculus: "a microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop." Motivated in part by the humor of the 440 year old,…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155575809077687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #037 - "First lead yourself. From there you can grow to lead others." — David Taylor-Klaus All too often, leaders focus on getting the best out of other people and ignore the most important part: getting the best out of themselves. Growth achieved through that shortcut is not…
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https://www.facebook.com/david.taylorklaus/videos/10155539251592687/ Mindset Mondays with DTK - Ep #034 - "Please sir, I'd like some more." Like Oliver Twist, I'd like more. Don't you? What currencies do you want MORE of? Time? Energy? Impact? Income? Travel? Wine? Alone time? Adventure? For every one of your currencies, the key questions to answer are: What must you become…
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