Thinking clearly is vital. You know this. When you think clearly, you’re more focused, have a better understanding of your goals and of what it takes to achieve those goals, and can more effectively communicate with those you work with.
 
Lately, you’ve been feeling muddled, feeling less certain of your goals, and your direct reports have commented that they aren’t clear enough on what you want them to do. You find yourself wanting to think more clearly. Good.
 
Question: What helps you think clearly?
 
Answer: What helps me think clearly is taking time to think, writing, and having someone ask me open-ended questions: What’s your goal? What’s happening? What can you do? What will you do?
 
Take steps to think more clearly. Today.

You want improve in planning. You know this is going to feel like climbing a steep set of steps, so you decide to take it 1 step at a time.
 
Question: How can you climb the next step?
 
To find out:

• Read about the 5 developmental steps (below).
• Then, use the reflection questions to identify what you will do to climb the next step.

 
Here are the 5 steps. Read More...

You’re planning a workshop for an organization. You’re talking to the contact person about the objectives, and the contact person keeps talking about skipping the application so there’s more time to cover more content. I’ll be you’re frustrated. Read More...

You’re in the staff lounge, and the basketball coach walks in.

You: How’d the game go last night?
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Everyone wants success. The questions is, “What is success?” Defining success will help you work smart. Consider the following possibilities, develop your definition of success, and share your definition with colleagues. Read More...