Browsing category Identity & Values

A Celtic Work Blessing


I’m on vacation this week with my family so, in lieu of a typical post, this comes from a friend of mine who’s job is to help homeless people to find housing… May the light of your soul guide you. May the light of your soul bless the work that you do with the secret

Life Preservers


We get in our own way.  Impulse, laziness, fear and mindlessness often lead us away from what makes us most alive.  Structure can save us.  Whether it’s a cadence, routine, discipline or policy, we need to build structure into our lives and organizations to protect us from ourselves. At times in my life, I’ve felt

Structure Makes Us Creative


Structure is essential to inspiring creativity and self-expression.  Neuroscientists have recently demonstrated that improvisation occurs when the self-monitoring region of our brain turns off through mastery of a foundational structure.  Musician Yo-Yo Ma said, “An innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition.” I wish I could fully enjoy

Be More by Doing Less


Perhaps the key to accomplishing more… is doing less. Maybe “getting a lot done” is not the best measure of a work day.  This is counter-cultural for those of us that hurry to do as much as possible each day. “Lucky…” (with this photo) was the text message from my wife after she drove a

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MATT NORMAN

Matt Norman is president of Norman & Associates, which offers Dale Carnegie Training in the North Central US. Dale Carnegie Training is a global organization ...READ MORE