by John Boudreau | May 2, 2013 | discipline, Goal Setting, Meeting rhythm, Personal Growth, small business
Newton’s first law, states that a body in motion tends to stay in motion and a body at rest tends to stay at rest. Of course, Newton is talking about objects like a ball or a chair. If these things are at rest, they tend to stay at rest unless some outside force moves...
by John Boudreau | Dec 23, 2012 | decision making, Personal Growth, small business, taking risks
This past spring I decide to buy a boat. I had never owned a boat before and literally knew very little about how to operate one. I didn’t know the bow from the stern and the hundreds of other things that a boat owner needs to know. I did however have a goal...
by John Boudreau | Nov 7, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Personality Types
If you’re like me you have blind spots. You’re doing your thing, living your life, then WHAM something hits you and you realize that you had a huge blind spot about something. For me, it’s usually has something to do with the way that I relate to others. My...
by John Boudreau | Jul 21, 2012 | Leadership, Personal Growth, Personality Types, teachability
I’ve always been interested in understanding personality types ever since I first discovered the Myers-Briggs personality test by reading the book “Type Talk”. As an introvert, the book helped me to understand my own personality by helping me understand how I make...
by John Boudreau | Jun 29, 2012 | Business, Coaching, Consulting, decision making, Leadership, Leadership development, Management, Personal Growth, Tony Hayward
A recent article in Inc magazine, Bob Sutton was asked some interesting questions about leadership…here some of what he had to say. “In tough times, what leadership traits are the first to go out the window? The ability to look at things in a cognitively complex way....
by John Boudreau | May 4, 2012 | Personal Growth
There is only one way to improve – you have to measure your performance to some standard. You need a feedback loop. I use a daily feedback loop that helps me continue to move in the right direction. I ask myself the following 4 questions at the end of each day....
