Posts by Stephie Althouse
Make More Time Using Parkinson’s Law
Most people in business (and almost everywhere) would love to have more time. For better or worse, we all have 24 hours a day. No more, no less. Yet, have you ever noticed that many tasks take as long as you have time available for them? There is a law that describes that phenomenon: Parkinson’s…
Read MoreKick Off Your Week With These Three Proverbs
The Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament of the Bible is full of wisdom. This ancient wisdom like the three Proverbs still applies to us today ! Instruct the wise, and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will add to their learning. Proverb 9:9 No matter how wise and good…
Read MoreA Puzzling Sunday Reflection
My Sunday reflection started when a dear friend gave me a fantastic gift (thank you, Tina!): a 750-piece puzzle of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.). From previous Brilliance Nuggets, you might know that I love hiking. You might also be aware of my visualization game: What you might not know is: I love puzzles. To me,…
Read MoreThe Brilliance Mining Community
Did you know? Brilliance Mining™ is becoming a movement. We are forming a community of founders and experts who have critical expertise and wisdom they want to preserve and pass on. They are asking questions such as The motivation for these questions is not always exit strategy or succession planning. That is only part of…
Read MoreWork In Your Sweet Spot
Many businesses could serve a whole host of clients or customers. Consulting, coaching, and training, software and IT companies, engineering, architecture, high-tech companies, marketing… to name only a few sectors; they all deal with the same question: Whom do you focus on serving? Are you working in your sweet spot or not? If your service…
Read MoreFrom Stress To Freedom
Shift Your Life With Well-Placed Questions Could you shift your life with a few well-placed questions? Let’s take a quick look from stress to freedom story. Let’s assume something “bad” happened to you. The list of possible mishaps is endless. Yet, are we “victims” of these situations? Indeed, we can’t control everything that happens. Yes,…
Read MoreThat’s Funny! How To Engage Others With Humor
We learn better in laughter. What is funny? What makes us laugh? How can we engage others with humor while we teach something meaningful? I love public speaking! It is such a powerful way to share a message and engage people with it. In my journey as a speaker, I first worked on weaning myself…
Read MoreA Weakness Is A Fantastic Opportunity
Every once in a while, you hear someone say something so profound that you think, “Wow!” That happened to me recently when my friend Joshua Talbot spoke at our Toastmasters Club in Southlake, Texas. Every weakness is an invitation to a relationship. We are all better when we depend well. Joshua Talbot Wow! What is “Weakness”? Merriam-Webster…
Read MoreWhat Impedes Our Listening?
Has anyone ever accused you of not listening? Did you think you were falsely called out? When we think we listen, we often don’t really listen. We all do. We think of ourselves as open-minded, objective, and listening well. Yet, are we usually doing that? A few years ago, I attended the Landmark Forum. It…
Read MoreRead Books in the Blink of An Eye
Wouldn’t it be great if we could read books in the blink of an eye? How much more information could we absorb and put to use? Or, at least, how much more information could we sort through to decide whether it is worth a deeper look? One can – almost. It is not quite as…
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