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How to Go Farther by Staying Where You’re At

by Jim Lord

Lately I’ve been yakking about our energy to achieve what might seem impossible. So what I’m going to say about feeling “stuck” may surprise you.

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What Do You Do That Grows Your Energy? (Here’s What Your Friends Said)

by Jim Lord

A few days ago I asked the folks I’m in touch with regularly: If we’re going to do big things — make big contributions — it’s a fundamental question: What contributes to our ooomph? What keeps us going? The replies were so energizing, I put together a sample from our friends around the world.

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Write a Book, Change the World?

by Jim Lord

I have a hunch you’re either engaged in a big idea or poised to embark on one. Or you just know that you have more to give. Well, I’m here to tell you that a book can contribute to achieving your Big Idea, your highest aspiration. After all, there’s nothing quite like a book to influence people.

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How I’ve Nourished My Own Quest

by Jim Lord

In my last few notes to you, I’ve been urging you to take time for yourself — time away from the urgency of the moment, to reconnect with your core interests. Those quick acts are more vital to your quest than anything else you can do. At least that’s what my contrarian life has taught me.

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It’s Easy to Get a Meeting With the One Person Who’s Key to Your Future

by Jim Lord

Start by first listening to yourself. Even before the usual question, what calls to be done?

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Doing the Impossible

by Jim Lord

When I accepted my son’s last-minute invitation to see the new summer blockbuster Inception on Sunday, I thought it would be a pleasant diversion. (Which it was, quite the brain thriller.) Little did I know it would hold something I’d want to share with you.

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Why Seeing Strengths is at the Core of Achieving the “Impossible”

by Jim Lord

Let’s turn back to the “impossible” theme — and see how important it is to start with strengths when aspirations are high.

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Are You Consulting? (Or Do You Want To?)

by Jim Lord

If you are consulting with clients (or speak, coach, facilitate, teach, advise) — or are getting ready to — I want you to have a brief new report I’m just finishing with 3 strategies on “How to create the consulting practice you really want.”

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Identifying Just One Strength Can Be a Breakthrough

by Jim Lord

On Friday I asked you if you could identify one thing that encourages you in your pursuit of the impossible. But I didn’t do it for myself. After all, I “got it.” And who has the time for such nonsense? Then I thought, “Let’s see what happens if I do it, instead of thinking about it.”

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How to Start, or Boost, Your Pursuit of the Impossible

by Jim Lord

When I asked earlier this week whether folks were pursuing what seems impossible, one person wrote back: “I used to think that tackling the impossible just takes convincing people how great the need is, how big the problem.” Whoa! That can work. But there’s a more powerful way …

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