Category Archives: outcomes

New Year’s Resolutions: A Hard Look at
Competing Commitments

By chipscholz | Published: January 2, 2012

One of my favorite books over the Holidays was Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization, by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey. Last week I mentioned it in regards to New Year’s Resolutions. The authors make a very clear case for a hard look at [...]

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Define Success: Two Olympic Heroes

By chipscholz | Published: September 28, 2011

How do you define success for yourself? One brilliant moment, or do you strive to leave a legacy of small victories over a lifetime? How many of you know who Jesse Owens is? Yes, he’s a major figure in American history. In 1936, Jesse won the Gold Medal in the 100 meter dash at the Berlin [...]

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Barriers to Success: Incongruence and a Bad Attitude

By chipscholz | Published: September 22, 2011

Clarity, Intention, Attention, Focus: That’s the way to create the life you want for yourself. But like any simple formula for success, there are all sorts of barriers along the path if you want to consistently implement clear intention, attention and focus. It can be simple, but certainly not easy. Even with the best plans on [...]

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Focus on Success: How Do You Spend Your Time?

By chipscholz | Published: September 20, 2011

Let’s focus on how focus is key to career success. Four concepts contribute to success: Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. It’s worth spending a time thinking, planning and taking action on each element. I’ve been covering each in recent blog posts. and these elements are covered in detail by my co-authors and I in our [...]

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Attention + Accountability: Putting a Success Plan into Action

By chipscholz | Published: September 15, 2011

In my recent blog posts, we’ve been talking a lot about success concepts: Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These four elements are covered in detail by my co-authors and I in our book, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?” If you’ve been following me, you’ve done a lot of conceptual work. A lot of thinking and planning. You’ve [...]

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Success: The Secret Energy Force Behind It

By chipscholz | Published: September 13, 2011

I’ve been laying out a success formula for life and career through Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These are the four keys my co-authors and I talk about in our latest book, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?” By writing down specific intentions you get clarity, and then you identify the critical success factors and waypoints that [...]

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The SMART Way to Plan for Success in Life and Career

By chipscholz | Published: September 8, 2011

Luck only gets you so far. In good times, anyone can get lucky. Right now, things are a little harder. Smart people don’t count on luck, they plan. Then they work hard and are ready when “luck” strikes. I’ve been laying out a success formula for life and career through Clarity, Intention, Attention and Focus. These [...]

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Clarity Takes You Where You Want to Go

By chipscholz | Published: September 2, 2011

Without clarity, our actions are just actions. We’re moving, we’re moving, but we’re not really getting anywhere. It literally doesn’t matter how hard we work, because we’re not working toward anything. But with clarity, two powerful things happen. The first is, we start making better choices. When you’re clear about what you want, it’s much easier [...]

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Clarity and the 4 Keys to Living Successfully

By chipscholz | Published: August 31, 2011

What does it really take to be successful in our lives, to have the careers and lives we dreamed of? From what I’ve seen, I believe success requires four fundamental things: Clarity Intention Attention Focus That’s the formula. If that sounds too simple, don’t worry; when you start to look at each factor, it gets complex. We get complex. We make [...]

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Success and Your Brain: 4 Keys to Better Thinking

By chipscholz | Published: August 23, 2011

Success in business has a lot to do with your brain, but not in the way you may think. Contrary to popular belief, high achievement has very little to do with IQ, or your financial resources, knowing the right people or even luck. I see this in many professions. Success comes in different shapes and sizes. [...]