Are You Who You Want to Be? By Colle Davis Are you happy with who you are today? This question is difficult to answer because it implies unhappiness or discomfort with the person lugging your brain around. Being unhappy is seen as tiring and boring and is not easy or cheap to cure. Who do …
Change to Achieve Success By Colle Davis “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their mind cannot change anything.” – Bernard Shaw. You are in charge of your success. Yes, luck plays a big part (see Fooled by Randomness by N. N. Taleb for more on this). Your ability to be flexible, accept …
Habits are Easy; Change is Hard by Colle Davis Habits run on very little energy; think of them as an automatic pilot, barely requiring any effort or energy to do their job. They need so little drain, are accessible, run without effort, and trap us in thinking we are doing a great job. Our lives …
Challenging Yourself by Colle Davis Challenging YourselfBy Colle Davis Have you ever noticed that the word challenge is considered a ‘static noun’. The word challenging is a verb, a motion, behavior, or dynamic action. (As a writer, I dwell on these minor differences in language, so you don’t have to do it yourself.) When was …
The Winner’s GameBy Colle Davis Truism: The Winner’s Game of business will outlast every company doing business today. Why is that? Because the Game has existed long before any business thriving today. Businesses are cyclical, they come, and they go. The Game always lives on and is flexible enough to meet the consumer’s needs. A fun aside: On the back …
Different is the Difference by Colle Davis If you continue to do what you have always done, you will continue to get what you’ve always gotten. It’s old news. It’s the same old ‘been there, done that.’ The pandemic-induced isolation forced the opportunity for us to vary our routines. The ones that worked, we’ll keep. …
The Knight Dismounted – by Colle Davis The present and future of a former great power. The Knight stopped his horse and sat quietly for a moment. He was a big man, handsome and slightly battered sitting astride a beautiful and powerful war horse. Amidst creaks and groans of metal and leather from his equally …