24 Sep Having a “Plan B” Isn’t Enough: Four strategies to achieve long-term success
What happens when you don’t have at least a ‘Plan B’? Have you ever lost the information stored on your computer hard drive because you had no backup system? ...
26 Oct The Magic of Personal, Family and Organizational Values
Posted at 15:42h in James Mapes Blog
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. —LAO-TZU I have a beautiful handcrafted brass kaleidoscope that sits on the corner of my desk. It’s...
18 Oct HOW TO MANAGE CHANGE IN 13 STEPS
Posted at 01:43h in James Mapes Blog
If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. —CHARLES KETTERING, inventor of the electric starter for automobiles/ Founder of the Sloan-Kettering Foundation In my previous blog I addressed how and why resistance gets in the way of creating positive change. Now, let’s look at the...
16 Feb HOW TO HACK YOUR BRAIN FOR MOTIVATION: The Power of Deadline By James Mapes
Posted at 16:21h in James Mapes Blog
I have realized and accepted the harsh fact that I sometimes keep myself busy without being productive, that is - I procrastinate. Recently, guilt has begun to creep into my consciousness and guilt in any form is unacceptable to me. So, here I...
17 Sep Are you determined? Really?
Posted at 15:58h in James Mapes Blog
My previous blogs identified three of the five core values of a Quantum Leap Thinker: Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Perseverance and Discipline and explored the first, respect. Let’s take a brief look at “Perseverance.” Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will...
02 Jul Fear not success. Embrace it and have fun!
Posted at 15:46h in James Mapes Blog
The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there. —IRVING BERLIN, American composer I doubt that you...
02 Jun Change your Brain for the Better
Posted at 17:15h in James Mapes Blog
The most exciting news in all of psychology, neurology and self-help is that recent research proves our brain remains “plastic” and – that we can “rewire” or – form new neurological connections - well in to our 70’s through - visualization. Harvard Medical School did an...
09 May Coaching: Successfully Achieve your Goals – Today
Posted at 13:37h in James Mapes Blog
What if you could achieve you goals by investing as little as three minutes a day for 30 days?...
21 Oct THE ILLUSION OF FAILURE
Posted at 00:58h in James Mapes Blog
Failure is the one fear that always puts the brakes on creativity, innovation, risk taking, growth, and productivity, yet most of us have been programmed from our earliest years to be afraid of failure. The person who ...
25 Jul Power of Paradigms: Rethink you thinking
Posted at 13:22h in James Mapes Blog
Thomas S. Kuhn introduced the concept of paradigms to the scientific world twenty-five years ago in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn, a scientific historian, considered paradigms a whole new way of looking at and predicting possible outcomes. He wrote that ...