Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent, as opposed to that which is merely imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence. In physical terms, reality is the totality of the universe, known and unknown. Wikipedia distinguishes between […]
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Assignment: Fun
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation.” Plato My husband has a Core Value of fun. This means he looks to include fun in every aspect of his life. My philosophy has been to compartmentalize fun, which meant I was […]
Why do I feel no one is Listening? | Fundamental 9
Communicate to be understood It sounds right in my head, so why can’t they understand me? Leaders say to me “My employees are not listening to me.” or “I’ve told them this so many times.” “Why can’t they remember?” “We JUST talked about this!” So, why are top leaders in […]
Fundamental 8 |Service is 360
We serve each other, our customers and ourselves when we serve the community. It goes without saying that serving others and “doing good” is its own reward and is just the right thing to do, whether it’s through serving your family, co-workers, friends, customers or a larger community. But did […]
Serving the Customer
In the future, if you are not serving the customer, you are history. I spent last weekend here in Austin at a Conference-Festival, “Future Frontiers.” What I experienced was nothing short of a global community of visionary entrepreneurs and creatives who are redesigning the paradigms of culture and society, often […]
Conscious Capitalism
I recently attended the annual Future Frontiers conference in Austin, Texas… And after a somewhat sobering interview with Psychologist Ken Wilber, John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, began to speak. Most of the conversation revolved around the courtship with Jeff Bezos prior to becoming part of the Amazon family. John spoke […]
Managing a Safe Work Environment
“Let’s manage safety recognizing how humans are and stop managing safety the way we wish humans were.” Alan Quilley You may wonder why Momentum Consulting has a fundamental principle about safety. We are consultants, not construction workers thatoperate heavy machinery or walk along scaffolding high in the air. That kind […]
Always Do Your Best
Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment. It will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret. – Don Miguel Ruiz In The Four Agreements, Ruiz goes on to suggest that we can get the most […]
What is there to gain from a zero-sum game? | Fundamental #4
Give up the need to be right.So simple. So powerful. So difficult! All our life, we learn to make decisions and conclusions, then defend them. Once we determine we are right, we cling to that “rightness”, often despite evidence we may be wrong. Our egos get in the way of […]
Needing to speak up? Here’s how | Fundamental #3
A large portion of our work at Momentum Consulting is coaching executives, managers, and teams on how to build, or sometimes re-build, trust between themselves. One of the ways we do this is using communication tools based on ownership-accountability combined with a spirit of partnership and collaboration. Over twenty years, working […]