Smart Goals
I spend a lot of time thinking about goals and goal setting. I started both Body For Life and an evening MBA program back in 2004. One thing that both of these endeavors had in common was a focus on …
Category: Personal Development
On my mind
It’s been all over the news how Warren Buffet is giving a vast portion of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. There are so many unique things about this gift: the stipulation that they money must be …
Get Motivated!
Yesterday a friend of mine offered me two free tickets to an all day seminar today entitled "Get Motivated!" The advertised speakers were: Zig Ziglar, Steve Forbes, Suze Orman, Mike Shanahan, Tom Hopkins, Colin Powell and Rudolph Giuliani. I checked …
Change
I have been pondering this question “How have things changed for you overall in the past 2.5 years?” posed by Kyra a few days ago. Perhaps this is because she is considering going back to school herself and I am …
Thinking not writing
I’ve been pondering many things lately but haven’t yet found any answers. Miscellaneous things I have been pondering: What is the ROI on scientific research? I was asked this by an executive director of a foundation we solicited for money …
MBA Impact
I got a reminder email today about writing my essay. Unlike the first one which was sent to “Dear Student” this one was sent to me by name. I wish that I were a better writer. I had my dear …
Values, Purpose, Vision part 2
I’ve written before about a Visionary Leadership class I’m taking where I need to create a 5 year career plan starting by defining my values, purpose and vision. I previously made some draft attempts on values and purpose. I have …
Fun online test
I found this test on Mel’s blog. This one appeals to the geek in me in a major way as it’s called my personal DNA. You can view My Personal DNA Report here. The output is similar to MBTI but …
A surprise in my in-box
Back in August, I posted about how the founders of the biotech start-up company I’ve used for many of my school projects voted to make me a full partner. This turned out to be easier said than done. One difficulty …
Pondering Purpose
One goal of this week’s class exercise was to articulate our purpose, both in our lives and in our careers. The class discussion was supplemented by readings in “Guts!” and “Good to Great”. The focus in Guts was to identify …