Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Success Is Planned For and Committed To! Choosing A Vision What type of business do you want to develop, build, and operate? In 1963, I was invited into a business partnership and given a 50% ownership position without putting in any money in lieu of me bringing energy, vision, and commitment. It was the beginning…

Too frequently, I find myself procrastinating, doing things that appear to be productive but are an escape from doing the actual job that needs to be done. For an example, I may have made up my mind to work on marketing my coaching practice with an idea to add a new client or two. But…

Small business operator, private practitioner, entrepreneur, or any other description you give your line of work, these are tough times. How do I get going again? Review and Renew Review the vision I have been working towards and wherever relevant renew and restate my vision going forward. Do you love what you do for work?…

Should You Be Doing This? How honest are you about what you are spending time on? “The trouble is, you think you have time. “ Jack Kornfield Is what I am doing today contributing to my goal? Wow, how time gets wasted as we fall into the trap of responding rather than directing. The difference…

Offering a new focus in my coaching for those just embarking on a career selection, like young people considering how to enter the work force. Or also anyone just plain tired of doing the daily grind, people that don’t look forward to Monday mornings. Like my previous post said, work should be fun! Do you…

I was once asked what I had done for work over my career? My answer, “I’ve never worked a day in my life, I’ve just had fun”. I can say this honestly because of having made good choices at THE RIGHT TIMES. In the beginning of my career path, with a wife and first child…

I’ve been asked what can a coach do for me that I can’t do on my own? I answer this way: I have learned over many years and lots of experiences, both bad and good experiences, that when I have tried to succeed by not humbling myself and asking for help it has taken a…

Illustration From Real Life Example Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, or another way to say, a family of small business operators, I was exposed to business management training by example or by tutorial. For instance, my grandfather an operator of a fishing crew, was continuously mentioning to me, even while I was a…