Your personal vision statement is the image of your desired future—a glimpse of where you hope to end up. It’s like the picture on the box of a jigsaw puzzle, serving as a reminder of the finished image, the ultimate goal. The concept of a personal vision statement is pretty straightforward to understand. But getting…
Should I Retire or Not? 3 Questions to Ask During the Next Retirement Ad
Should I retire or not? This is an increasingly common and important question—one that challenges a broken paradigm and points to some intrinsic truths about your career goals and personal life vision. In this post, we’ll look at “traditional” retirement, nonretirement, and unretirement, specifically discussing: The status quo of assumed retirement A brief history of retirement (hint: it’s sociological,…
Should You Do It? 5 Things to Consider When Starting a Business
It goes without saying that there are countless things to consider when starting a business. If you’ve already been bitten by the start-your-own-thing bug, you have likely begun considering how starting a business might affect Your long-term goals Your personal life Your career options Your family Your savings account Your passion Etc. Notice the wide…
Quick Thought: The End-of-Year Syndrome
There’s a funny phenomenon that I often make note of this time of year. I call it the end-of-year syndrome. As I’ve been pointing this out to clients over the past few weeks, I thought I should record a quick audio post about the randomly looming nature of December 31st. So have a listen (or a…
Your Word of the Year
At the outset of this year, I was surprised to realize that I’ve never blogged about this tool before, because it has been of great value to many as they work to implement vision – whether a personal vision, team goal, or company-wide vision. Let’s start with the broad view: A good vision is inspiring and…
Money Matters, aka Money Doesn’t Matter (Much)
By Christian Fuller Co-Founder and Chief Relationship Officer, Search Optics Client of Bill Munn Management Coaching A year or so ago, an emerging leader within our company got a nice offer from a huge agency—a $30,000 increase, which was a significant raise for him. But he turned it down. Why? Because he believes that he’s…
