Talking Dogs

No matter how many times I watch this it makes me laugh! Enjoy!

Puppy Love

A good friend and fellow dog lover sent me this recent video

This video was made by a father, for his son. The dog shows infinite patience and is pretty amazing.

Oil for Your Lamp

Mother Teresa once said: To keep a lamp burning we must keep putting oil in it.

We need to ensure we find balance in our lives, and that we keep putting "oil" in our lamps, to keep us healthy.

Simple Truths has a nice video that illustrates this. Oil in Your Lamp

Be a Better Leader

Harvard Business School:
An interview with Stewart Friedman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Traditional thinking pits work and the rest of our lives against each other. But taking smart steps to integrate work, home, community, and self will make you a more productive leader and a more fulfilled person.

Social Intelligence

Are you Socially Intelligent?

Social Intelligence and Leadership

Daniel Goleman has done extensive research on Emotional Intelligence. This brief interview comes from Harvard Business School.

The Empowering Leader

Enjoy this video preview from the FranklinCovey training session: Leadership: Great Leaders, Great Teams, Great Results.


Emma Braddon, featured in this video is an inspiring and empowering leader who truly makes a difference!

The Speed of Trust

Stephen M. R. Covey's book The Speed of Trust gives insight into the hard facts of low trust and the need for this competency in any leaders' toolkit. This video is a preview of one used in the FranklinCovey workshop: Leading With the Speed of Trust. Here are some figures to show the cost businesses pay when there is low trust.

Perseverance

I think the hardest thing is keeping on when there are obstacles or setbacks. Whether it is keeping on track in an exercise program or a diet, or something else, it's sometimes hard to persevere. I found this video on Simple Truths The Best Way Out is Alway Through.

Imagine Leadership

From YouTube: Nitin Nohria and Amanda Pepper of Harvard Business School's Leadership Initiative collaborated with XPLANE to create this video in order to generate a discussion of the value and importance of leadership to address some of society's most pressing problems.


"It is my desire to inspire people of all ages and social demographics to think about leadership on a broad level, contemplate what it means to them and what individual impact they can have when it comes to leading," says Nohria.

What is Leadership

Watch this....


What is Leadership from Steve on Vimeo.

An Attitude of Gratitude

Learning to Dance in the Rain is a lovely movie from Simple Truths about Gratitude. It certainly gives a unique perspective.

The Days are Long, But the Years are Short

Gretchen Rubin wrote The Happiness Project, a book that I have heard about from a few people, and that I plan to read. Her book was born out of her blog which recorded her year of personal research about happiness.

I will write more about the book, her blog and other things later, but here's her blog The Happiness Project, if you're interested. She has some great ideas and articles.

She also has two nice, short movies she's created, they're nice reminders about how we choose to spend our time... Here are their links:
"The Days are Long, But the Years are Short"
"The Secrets of Adulthood."

Every Monday Matters

This Simple Truths movie is really something. As the movie says, lot of little things can make a big difference.

Every Monday Matters.

Watch it.

Appreciation

So many times we forget to thank people for the things they have done. Sometimes we thank them, but we don't say what for. That may sound silly, but it helps to be specific. What are we thankful for? How did their actions impact us? Can we be specific?

We know that when children are always told thank you and that they are special, but are never told why, the words lose their meaning.

On the other hand, if we say thank you in an appropriate way, immediately and are specific about what the impact it, it makes a great deal of difference. "Thank you, for remembering to unload the dishwasher without being asked. When I got home, and found it already done, it was such a nice surprise and I could start making supper."

It carries over to the workplace and to our relationships as adults. We have to remember to appreciate what people do for us and with us, too. "Thank you for checking the numbers on that data when you did the report. I didn't expect you to do that, but because you did I was able to answer some other questions at the meeting that I hadn't anticipated." Explaining the specifics and impact of those things that people have done, whether their action has been large or small, makes all the difference.

Simple Truths has a video that goes with their book The Simple Truths of Appreciation it's just one example of how we can make a really big difference. It's a nice video.

Appreciation

So many times we forget to thank people for the things they have done. Sometimes we thank them, but we don't say what for. That may sound silly, but it helps to be specific. What are we thankful for? How did their actions impact us? Can we be specific?
We know that when children are always told thank you and that they are special, but are never told why, the words lose their meaning.
On the other hand, if we say thank you in an appropriate way, immediately and are specific about what the impact it, it makes a great deal of difference. "Thank you, for remembering to unload the dishwasher without being asked. When I got home, and found it already done, it was such a nice surprise and I could start doing the other things that needed to get done."
It carries over to the workplace and to our relationships as adults. We have to remember to appreciate what people do for us and with us, too.
Simple Truths has a video that goes with their book The Simple Truths of Appreciation it's just one example of how we can make a really big difference. It's a nice video.

Women

We stand together with each other, for each other. Watch this movie: It's Not Just Me.

Procrastination

When we were little, I had to try everything that was served at the dinner table. The things I didn't like were liver and brussel sprouts. I'm still not a big fan. Another thing I didn't like was turnips. I remember having dinner at my in-laws for the first time. My mother-in-law dished up, placing a huge spoonful of mashed turnips on my plate.

Using the method adopted when I was a little girl, I quickly ate the turnips. I always ate the food I didn't like first, so that I could enjoy the food I really liked. As a consumate hostess, my mother-in-law noticed that my turnips had quickly disappeared. She jumped up and scooped another large spoonful on to my plate.

My husband hid his laughter behind his napkin as I swallowed more mouthfuls of turnips so that I could enjoy the rest of my dinner.
I try to follow that practice in my personal life, get rid of the stuff I don't like, first. Sometimes it works, but lots of times I put the stuff I don't want to do off.

A few months ago I found this video from Simple Truths: Eat That Frog It's about procrastinating. It applies that simple theory I used to use, and actually still do when it comes to eating that food I don't like too much. Luckily, I like most things.

Enjoy, Eat That Frog.

The Power of Encouragement

I really enjoy these movies by Simple Truths. Here's one about the power of encouragement. Eagles may be considered to be leaders, but even Eagles Need a Push!

The Butterfly Effect

Simple Truths has some nice short books with great messages. They also have a number of books that include short movies. The Butterfly Effect is just one of their movies, and a nice look at purposeful lives....enjoy!