When you’re passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection. ~Debra Messing

To strive for perfection is at best an unrealistic goal or at worst a convenient excuse for avoidance.

Honestly, is perfection even possible? Isn't there always room for improvement, for changes in function, ability, design to be just a little bit better? To add perspective from another? To change our own perspective?

Brett PinegarAugust 1, 2013Progress, Perfection, Excellence

Be An Effective Leader - Question Your Beliefs

All of our actions flow from what we believe. Being unaware of these beliefs and how they can derail our emotions, thoughts, and actions, causing tremendous strife and difficulty. Let’s say you’ve noticed a member of your team has been in a bad mood lately, their work is suffering and you need to talk with them about the situation.

If you believe the team member is purposely trying to sabotage the company (or you), your emotions may have you feeling hostile towards the team member. Once you find yourself in this mood, your thoughts about the situation and the person will be about how to protect yourself and others, resulting in a response or action based on an initial belief that someone is trying to cause harm.

Brett PinegarJune 25, 2013

BEWARE: Your Strengths Can Become Your Weaknesses

You’re focused, dedicated, hardworking, motivated and inspirational. Your team respects the clear vision you’ve given and you lead by example. Goals are being met, growth is occurring, everyone is feeling a sense of satisfaction from their work. And then, as is inevitable, a challenge occurs. Your largest customer leaves, your best sales person retires, a recall is necessary….

The natural reaction to a difficult or challenging situation is to dive into your strengths – increasing your focus and dedication, working harder and motivate your team. Unfortunately, relying too heavily on your go-to strengths in a time of difficulty will often backfire with painful results.

Brett PinegarJune 19, 2013

Execution As Innovation - Tim Sanders

As a leader are you monitoring and ensuring the process that brings new ideas to the final stage of launching? Or is your company swimming in plenty of concepts and ideas but failing to produce?

Action, PrinciplesBrett PinegarJune 18, 2013Innovation, executive, leader

Improve Your Results – Overcome Resistance

Life happens. You’re running early for a meeting and decide to stop for a quick errand. You step out of the car, preoccupied with thoughts of your meeting, and shut the door – realizing seconds too late that your keys and phone are now locked inside. The quick errand has now turned into a quick panic as you realize that you are miles from home, you have no access to a phone to call for assistance and you may miss your meeting.

Yet how often do we find ourselves derailed from reaching our goals, from finding success simply because we did not have a plan to overcome the resistance that happens every day?

Action, PrinciplesBrett PinegarJune 17, 2013

Success is a Choice

I would venture to say that if you asked most people if they would like to be successful the answer would be yes. Yet if you asked those same people if they considered themselves successful the answer would be no… or not in this area or that area. Certainly success must be defined in terms of a goal – an achievement marker from which to define the level of success one has reached.

Who defines success is also dependent upon the goal – it may be a boss, a teacher, a friend or, perhaps most often, the individual themselves.

“Who defines YOUR success?”

ActionBrett PinegarJune 13, 2013

It's Not About The Nail

Although you may feel an urgent need to take action there are times when it is best to work on your listening skills. Does this comical, but relatable video strike a chord with you?

Brett PinegarJune 5, 2013

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