How to get past Quitters Friday in 5 easy steps

Quitting Friday, or Quitters Day, marks when many abandon New Year’s resolutions. Daniel Pink’s Drive offers insights to stay motivated through autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Own your goals by aligning them with personal values, focus on progress over perfection, and reconnect with the deeper "why." Build supportive habits and lean on accountability partners. Motivation isn’t about never faltering but persevering. On Quitters Day, choose to recommit, rekindle your fire, and keep moving forward.

jonathan couserJanuary 7, 2025habits, best practices, strategy, health, goals

10 things parents are doing to exasperate their children in 2024

What is the goal of parenting?

To raise children who become self-sufficient adults who are decent human beings. Self-sufficient meaning they can manage their own emotions, provide for their own needs, and live in mutually beneficial relationships with others.

This article covers 10 things you are doing that are hurting your ability to lead your kids to success.

jonathan couserJune 12, 2024parenting, best practices, bad behaviors, communication, success, goals, strategy, podcast

Done well and good intentions are not synonymous.

Don't stop looking for ways to sprinkle the small things into your work and personal life. They really do make other people smile. But do these things in such a way that the initial smile doesn’t quickly and permanently fade into a frown because your attempt at a small thing isn’t done well. Three things you can do to get the small things right. #customerservice #service

jonathan couserFebruary 5, 2024strategy, personal brand, behaviors

2024 Word of the Year: Reflection

Taking the time to reflect will lead to a better life. Here is encouragement to reflect and a path towards making it worth it.

jonathan couserJanuary 2, 2024best practices, strategy, goals, development

Are you preparing to win or to be a not loser?

Being a winner instead of a not loser; isn't just a play on words. There is a high difference between living your life to win and living your life trying not to lose. Four things are highlighted here. #lifehacks #success #habits #winningatlife

jonathan couserMarch 6, 2023relationships, best practices, purpose, strategy

My word for 2023 is focus.

If your 2023 is a year of greater focus, your 2023 will be more incredible. Don’t measure yourself by how much you do or how busy you are; instead, measure yourself by how profound your impact is and how engaged in life you are. Here are steps to take to bring more focus to your life.

jonathan couserJanuary 4, 2023best practices, communication, strategy, habits, behaviors

The Courage to be Intentional in a World of Amplification and Distraction

The books on culture, leadership, and success I read last year provided consistent advice for teams, leaders, and companies that want to be great. Get exceptionally good at knowing what the most important things are, talk about them constantly, execute against them flawlessly and measure success. The advice is basically: Be more intentional.

jonathan couserJanuary 13, 2022change, change management, strategy, goals

Guiding Principle: Caring Deeply About the Right Things and Ignoring the Rest

The world has evolved into a real-world Wanka Factory (think of Willie Wonka and his chocolate factory with the room made of edible goodies where Gene Wilder encouraged us to live in a world of pure imagination).

jonathan couserMay 5, 2021guiding principles, strategyComment

Bad Leaders Are Robbing Your Company Blind

Great leaders help companies grow. Bad leaders stunt growth or worse.

jonathan couserFebruary 11, 2020leadership, bad behaviors, strategy, engagementComment

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