Mystery

On a hiking expedition yesterday, my wife and I came across several mounds of rocks; one of them pictured here.  Archaelogical investigations by the University of Georgia state that these rock “cairns” are a mystery.  They are frequently cl…

Project Management Around the World

The best part of my job (by far) is getting to interact with some of the smartest, most resourceful people in the world. Working with project and program managers exposes you to the people who make the world go around. Last week I was in Manhattan with…

Push Push Push

What is this team looking at so intensely?  They are cheering on their rugby team at North Georgia College and State University during a scrum.  This was my first live experience at a rugby game as I watched my nephew participate last Saturday.  The re…

2 Things it Takes to Be a Badass

Here’s another preview of one of the topics explored in The New Man Life online training. There are only four days left to sign up… So click here to learn more. Now for the juicy topic… Do you think talent is what brings success? What about…

New #1 PMP Exam Resource?

Periodically I get sales data from Nielsen (affiliated with Nielsen Ratings). Velociteach tracks all reported retail sales of every PMP Exam resource we know about (and there are quite a few). It’s mostly a boring practice, with the same general …

Why “Getting” A Job is a Bad Idea

There’s so much discussion about the struggle for folks to find work, to get a job. And beyond that how can we expect to find something we truly love to do that will also pay the bills? In the process of planning The New Man Life online training which …

Finding The Juice Inside Fear

2011-09-07 – Finding The Juice Inside of Fear – Learning to bring a mindful presence to fear is an intrinsic part of spiritual awakening. In this talk we look at the ways we get caught in the trance of fear, and how the two wings of presence–clear rec…

Specialization and the Project Manager

A few years ago, I ran across this quote: “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, giv…

Befriending Irene

2011-08-31 – Befriending Irene – Whether you face chronic anxiety or more violent storms of fear and anger, you can cultivate the wings of freedom–the mindfulness and compassion–that free you. This talk explores how the habit of being reactive cause…

Tone Deaf Communications

A few years ago, I led a study called The Alpha Study. The full results were published here. The study looked at 860 project managers and approximately 5,000 of their stakeholders to understand what made the top-performing project managers more effecti…

Wholehearted Living

2011-08-24 – Wholehearted Living – What stops us from being wholehearted in our relationships and life? This talk explores the conditioning that keeps us from an engaged presence, and the key elements to manifesting heart and spirit in all that we do. …

Wholehearted Living

2011-08-24 – Wholehearted Living – What stops us from being wholehearted in our relationships and life? This talk explores the conditioning that keeps us from an engaged presence, and the key elements to manifesting heart and spirit in all that we do. …

Surfing and The PMP Exam

The PMP Exam requires courage and hope…and sometimes, it requires a second or third effort to reach the goal.  I applaud those who have failed on the first attempt, got back up, studied even harder, and passed this difficult test!  You have my respect….

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?

My dad valued luck. I have fond childhood memories of him backing the car out of our garage on warm spring evenings and unfolding the ping pong table. We would go at it for hours sometimes. Dad had an uncanny knack for hitting the ball to the very end …

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