Thriving

Most everyone feels forms of stress these days whether struggling to make a living or fully engaged and highly paid in a competitive environment. We all deal with what is in our own world and we each face the resistance in achieving our goals. We sometimes feel small and overwhelmed by the enormity of influences…

One of the more difficult tasks for kids and adults these days is focusing. There is too much stimulus and the internet and all its players have found ways to attract us to distraction. Notice how the mobile phone in everyone’s hand looks like an attachment they can’t put down. The cell phone addiction is…

We are all entrepreneurs of our own lives. We make the choices that create our direction in both work and our personal lives. We set our goals, create our strategies, and then manage our time to achieve the goals. Whether we are employed or an independent, time is our main tool during which we apply…

A recession affects everyone in a different way. Those who are employed might be worried about continued employment. Employers affected by fewer sales are trying to cut costs and may want to cut support to workers for the short term. Everyone is nervous about how long until it bottoms. Worry is not only part of…

There is a popular book by Jon Gordon called One Word although other authors have made attempts to create the same ideas on how to focus your life using one word. I also like one word with four subsections to focus your life. I have one word for my life. It is self-actualization. One way…

The concept of having thriving workers is increasing in popularity and credibility. At this point there doesn’t seem to be a Universal agreement on what places the worker into the state of thriving. Most organizations feel that thriving places him above the state of surviving. Surviving is a state that most would agree includes stress….

Are workers or Organizations most interested in productivity as a metric? Organizations need productivity to accomplish their goals for improved competitiveness, cost control, and profits. Workers need to be productive to offer value to the Organization and improve their own career prospects. Organizations are always trying to improve productivity with hiring people who fit their…

It takes a special connection with our bodies to make health and fitness a priority. When you look at the population while walking down any city or small-town street, you can see this is not a majority opinion. Recent statistics show that the U.S. is lowest among Western countries in longevity and that our longevity…

There is one focus that could make everything about your life better. That focus is improvement. Carrying that a step further would be self-actualization. Self-actualization is finding out who you are, why you are here, and therefore your purpose. Most consultants, philosophers, gurus, and healers would say you can help others when you have helped…

My general physician is Chinese, educated in China and his practice is called Wellbeing Medical. His logo is the Chinese letters for wellbeing. This is a common term these days and Organizations often discuss supporting wellbeing with their workers which might include health insurance and gym memberships plus counseling. Wellbeing is a part of thriving,…

If there is a group of people that know how to thrive, it is extreme athletes. Their lives include all the key characteristics of self-actualization, happiness, and thriving. Why? Because they are stretching their capabilities, reaching for the moon, and loving the risk. Extreme athletes can be called adrenaline junkies, but they are not careless….

Hiring and firing is as common to the world of employment as rain and drought to our life on earth. Just when all the reservoirs are bottoming out, we get more water than we can use. Employment is an up and down trend of economic cycles. Our life path begins at birth and ends at…

Learning How to Get Your Life into Flow could be one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. It means your life is on target to fulfill your purpose and demonstrate why you are here. These are fundamental quests anyone that wants to thrive must achieve. Getting into flow means you are engaging in…

Life comes at you fast and we may feel we are pro-active or at the effect of these forces. Being pro-active, we have a game plan and it includes facing resistance and obstacles. If we are at the effect of these forces, we may be in more of a defensive mode most of the time…

One of the best ways to thrive is through personal and career growth. Measuring personal and career goals gives you accountability on a daily basis to keep you progressing. Measuring goals on a daily basis then makes you think of the time management required to invest in each goal. The goals allow you to navigate…

Thriving is Self-Actualizing which is good news. It means anyone can be in charge of their mental and emotional states. Anyone can be in charge of their career path because self-improvement impacts our circles and environment. Contribution is a person’s self-expression of what they know and can do. Self-actualization on Maslow’s pyramid is at the…

Big business certainly contemplates moving workers to thriving. The best process hasn’t been universally discovered because thriving is a concept that follows work/life balance and is relatively new for most. Work/life balance was a pre-pandemic concern and working remotely didn’t seem to solve the issue, surprisingly. It seemed work/life balance was about having more personal…

Learning Could be the Best Thriving Habit because it stimulates happiness brain chemicals and could lead to flow. Flow is one of the highest states of bliss. Athletes get addicted to flow and so do any people experiencing it regularly. Learning is a stimulating exercise because it is supported by Nature. Nature’s intent for man…

Passions are the key to the worker that feels he is thriving. He is thriving because he loves the things in his life. He has a good feeling about himself. He loves lots of people he knows. He has a career path that makes him feel purposeful. The thriving worker has many things on his…

It is a difficult topic for businesses engaged in making a profit to talk about spirituality. It is almost the unspoken word that Organizations leave to workers much like religion. What is spirituality? It is not religion although many religious people can be spiritual and people can definitely be spiritual without being religious. Why would…

A thriving worker wakes up enthusiastic to begin his day. He has plans. He looks forward to the work that lies before him for the day and also his time blocks for exercising, sharing, socializing, and contributing. He lives productively and his contribution earns him supportive feedback. A thriving worker has a solid relationship with…

These are difficult times for most as they are concerned about the costs of living, the difficulty of competition, overwhelm at work, raising families, sufficient free time, health, and how to take advantage of other opportunities. It becomes clear that feeling centered and balanced is a challenge. Where does one place their priorities? How does…

There are 5 Good Steps for a Thriving Life. We often look at our circumstances and think they are out of our control but necessary for thriving. The truth is we can set up our own circumstances for thriving. Thriving is obviously a feeling about our own state of being. Are we feeling positive about…

We grow up thinking happiness is the target we want to reach and society has lots of advice on how to get there and what it is. The advertising media lives to portray happiness as the solution they are selling. Our parents certainly have input. Do we have the right idea about happiness? When growing…

Thriving has become a new model for the ideal worker and employer/worker relationship. Microsoft says it is the new North Star. Thriving is the new target and not everyone has agreed on what it means. The definitions are similar, however, and generally mean the worker is feeling fulfilled and happy with his circumstances making him…