Lorna's Blog
The Other Name for Leadership
There are numerous definitions of leadership. You can ask a dozen different people and get a dozen different answers– everything from being the head of a company, organization or country, to a leader is someone who makes things better for everyone through their...
Renew Your Mind for Real Transformation
Decorations are down and the poinsettia is looking more like Charlie’s Brown’s Christmas tree than it did in all its glory when I first brought it home in early December. In fact Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree probably looks better than my poinsettia right about now....
Becoming World-Class
The eyes of the world are on Toronto for the next several days as we host the Pan Am Games. Despite the grumbling of the locals about the traffic congestion headaches they have caused, this is a spectacle only to be rivalled by the Olympics themselves. We have been...
When do you think?
With today’s hectic pace of life it is often difficult to keep up. Our brains frequently feel like they are going to explode with the massive amounts of information bombarding us. We suffer from over stimulation unlike any generation before us. We have cell phones...
Your imagination muscle
Imagination is defined as the act of forming a mental picture of something that is not present to the sense or has never been completely perceived in reality. Everything around us started as an idea stemming from someone’s imagination. Think about the computer, cell...
What’s stopping you from starting?
Many people get ready to get ready. Maybe you would like to learn to play the piano. You research teachers in your area and maybe even call around for schedules but then you stop short of setting up your first session. Why is this? Why is it so hard to get started?...
Who do you plan to be?
Imagine taking a trip without a map. Imagine building a structure without blueprints. Imagine going through life without a plan… Do you drift through life letting life happen to you? Does it give you angst when you know you have a higher purpose but don’t know where...
Let Integrity Be Your Compass
Each of us has our own set of values and beliefs and therefore defining one's’ character as having or lacking integrity is subjective. Integrity is based on what that one person perceives another with integrity really means. With that said, however you define...
Learning to Improve Success
There are a multitude of reasons why you might not make learning and personal development a part of your plan for success. You have so many things to do now, between family, your kids, your aging parents and your spouse, your career or business, maybe volunteer work,...
Leverage What’s in Your Toolbox
Have you ever tried to remove a nut or bolt with pliers and it doesn’t budge, but when you use a wrench and get some leverage suddenly it is easy to move? That lever is such a clever tool – it is very handy and very simple. Leverage is defined as a rigid bar that...