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MindTools Resource Page

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My go to site for quizzes, assessments and resources for personal and professional development is MindTools.com.

This site has 1000+ pages of resources conveniently divided into an array of categories:

Access the main page here: MindTools.

From their “The Toolkit” Page

Use links below, in the menu on the left or on the Toolkit menu above to access the Mind Tools toolkit.

Leadership Tools
Whether you’re in a leadership position now, or you’re working towards this, you can become an exceptional leader!

Team Tools
Learn the full range of skills you need to manage a team successfully.

Strategy Tools
We’ll show you the strategy tools taught on MBA courses, and how you can apply them to your situation right now.

Problem Solving Techniques
Devise better solutions to the problems you face by using the skills set out in these articles.

Decision Making Tools
Add some rigor to your decision making with these tried-and-tested approaches and processes.

Project Management Skills
Find out about the formal disciples of project and program management and change management.

Time Management Tools
Beat work overload, increase your effectiveness, and achieve more.

Stress Management Techniques
Learn a range of techniques with our holistic approach to reducing stress.

Communication Skills
From listening to writing emails, running meetings and giving presentations, these tools are vital to your career success!

Creativity Techniques
Learn some powerful and reliable ways of generating the fresh, new ideas you need.

Learning Skills
These articles help you handle information better, learn more effectively and remember things better.

Career Skills
Don’t leave your career progression to chance! Find out how to develop the career you want.

They also have memberships for individuals, organizations and businesses to use in their HR / People Development strategies. Find out more here: MindTools Corporate.If you know of other great sights, or have observations/critiques on this one, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Arizona surprises…

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GrandCanyon4In one 12 hour period I got more surprises than I could have imagined. What do you think of when you hear “Arizona”? Yeah, me too. Little did I know that things aren’t always what you expect. Come hear my story at Union on Friday, 4/26, 9pmish on the Naked Stage (scary, I know!) It should be fun. Easy to get to, just across 75 from SMU on Dyer between Greenville and 75. Tell your friends.

 

How big is too small?

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What if, in the midst of feeling a bit overwhelmed at the end of week #1, it turns out that I’m thinking too small, not too big?
Could it be that I’m supposed to be including other people in this venture as partners?
Do you know anyone who would be interested in working together to develop a new Coaching business that serves people at all income levels and across for profit and NFPs?
What if this is actually looping back to the Small Business Incubator discussion?
What if it is looping back to the Center for Suburban Spirituality discussion?

Perhaps in the morning, when the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie buzz wears off I will be thinking more clearly and realize “its the sugar, man” and come back down to earth.
Or maybe, in the light of day, the possibility of the hugeness of what God is calling us to will be even more clear.

Once you’ve jumped, height is mostly relative. Mostly. How high is too high?
So here is Felix Baumgartner’s Red Bull Supersonic Freefall from Space.

Here’s to regaining control in the spin!