The Seven Deadly Sins of entrepreneurship — part one

Mohandas Gandhi created a list of seven traits that he believed to be spiritually detrimental to each and every one of us. Today, and for six articles thereafter, I am going to adapt these seven sins, applying them to the world of the entrepreneur.

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Are you ready to spring into fall cleaning?

When you look around the spaces where you live and work, who and what do you see?  Is it time to step off of the excess express and out of your life as a pro-crap-in-ator and embark upon a clutter-busting journey?  As winter approaches and daylight becomes scarce, our inside environments take on additional significance.

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Great expectations and grateful results

Albert Einstein said, “there are two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

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Tranquility now?

A quote to ponder:

“We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”

Indira Gandhi

Excuse Me, But Do You Have The Time?

Are we there yet? For those of you who are parents, and for the rest of us who remember being a kid, wasn’t this a common question on any car ride? Now, as then, we are all eager to get to where we are going. In life and in business, we are all interested in achieving our goals.

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Excuse Me: Did You Have Enough Information Before You Made That Decision?

We live in the “information age.” Mankind now generates approximately the same amount of information in the one day that we created from the beginning of recorded history to the year 2003. The amount of content that Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube spawn is staggering. Type in a search term or phrase into your favorite search engine, and you will likely get results measured in the millions or billions.

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Annabolic Times-Excuse me, the direct approach is the best approach….

Have you experienced:

  • The person at home or at work that makes you feel like you are riding an emotional roller coaster. You know the one, he is friendly one day, but sulks and withdraws the next (and you, being the conscientious person you are, are wondering what you may have done to cause such behavior).
  • Someone who might appear to agree―with enthusiasm―to your request. Rather than completing the task, however, he or she might express anger or resentment by missing deadlines, showing up late to meetings, making excuses, or even interfering with the task.
  • Someone who pays you a “comp-insult” (a compliment and an insult in the same sentence). Something like, “Darling, you look fabulous in spite of your new hairstyle.”
  • The ex-spouse who, knowing his ex-wife is allergic to cats, buys one for their child.
  • The co-worker who engages in the crime of omission by choosing not to share a piece of key information that could or would have prevented a problem. For example, the jealous co-worker who fails to alert his colleague about a mandatory meeting and excuses it by saying something like, “I thought you knew.”
  • The individual who have caused you to be so frustrated that after your interaction you scratch your head and ask, “Am I crazy?”

If you answered yes to experiencing any of the above scenarios, you may be interacting with a person engaging in passive aggressive behavior. If you see yourself as the purveyor of this type of chaos, you may be the one engaging in it.
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Annabolic Times-August, 2012 Skin Deep/How Much is Enough?

You’re headed out to a night with the girls and you ask if you look okay. The resouding response is, “Yes, that’s exactly how you look.”

What is truly important is how you feel about the way you look. For some, not even makeup is necessary in feeling great about physical appearance. For others, it takes much more to project his/her desired image.

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Annabolic Times-July 2012 #2 The Affordable Self Care Act

A solid self-care foundation is paramount to making any sort of personal progress. How can you put yourself in the top 2%? How do you enjoy your life journey and bring your best to the word? I believe it is by practicing excellent self-care.

Excellent self-care means treating yourself as you would your best friend. It means making choices and decisions that honor your soul in everyday life as well as valuing yourself enough to choose to create your life, rather than be victimized by it.

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Annabolic Times-November, 2008 Saying Yes to You During the Holidays

Now that Halloween of ’08 is a ghost of the past, and the election is over-the upcoming holiday season is fast approaching.

In our culture, the holiday season is usually filled with family, food, parties and people. However, due to the economic circumstances surrounding us, this holiday season may look a little different than those in recent history. Does this mean our holidays have to be less wonderful? Absolutely not! Like everything else, it all depends on your perspective. Think about it, the phrase-it’s the thought that counts-applies to more than the receiving of a good or a bad gift. What is your holiday outlook this year?

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