by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
The purpose of setting goals is to achieve them and usually realize an even greater end result. However, obsessive pursuit of a goal to which you have committed your time and efforts in the past is not always the best plan going forward. Below is a list of options to...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Starting a business is exciting. It’s an opportunity to do engaging work, fulfill your dreams, and make billions of dollars, right? Entrepreneurs tap the untapped markets, machete the jungles of bureaucracy, and give birth to products that people don’t even know...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
In previous posts, I’ve whined that goal setting is both uncomfortable and boring but oh, so useful. Denise Reed, president and CEO of The Concierge Office Suites agreed with me – until she found a better way to do it. Denise and I know each other...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Many of us set goals to help determine the direction of our lives for the foreseeable future. But here’s my problem: setting goals can be completely and utterly boring…and limiting…and demoralizing…and exhausting…and…I just don’t wanna do it! So that’s my dirty little...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
The success of Jason’s department depended on people that did not report to Jason – even external volunteers. How does he get people over whom he has little influence to do what he needs them do? In this video, Dr. Melissa Gratias describes...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
It is an annual tradition: the setting and eventual abandonment of New Year’s Resolutions. Typically, around 12% of people accomplish the goals that they set while sipping champagne and singing Auld Lang Syne. Why is that? Are 88% of us just a bunch of...
