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This is lesson #2 from one of my best friends TJ, who died recently from a brain hemorrhage.
He left 39 lessons that his kids will always have. They are full of wisdom. Many are quite simple like this one.
Simply saying hello and really meaning it when you say “how are you” is...
Without failure, there’s no understanding of success.
Without pain, there’s no hope for a better place.
Without the knowledge of death, there’s no embracing life to the fullest.
I recently had a very close friend of mine die. His name is TJ. He was 39. Just 39 – he died...
“Jon’s straightforward and uncomplicated style was exactly what I needed to build clarity. I had a big project that I had been working on for weeks and was making very little progress. Jon was able to get me to see the essentials – WHAT, WHY . . . then HOW. Thanks to him, I was...
“Jon really helps you put things into perspective. He sets a great example and provides motivational and personal development tools to help you stay focused. His posts always seem to come at the right time and resonate on a personal level. Working together in a small group really helped me...
“Jon teaches the meaning of being selfless. A year after a car accident that left me paralyzed from the chest down, I moved into a place called Creative Living to finish my Civil Engineering degree at Ohio State. Jon believes in their mission of providing housing for people with severe...
I had the great opportunity to participate in a Catalyst Igniter Cohort under Jon Giganti’s leadership. In my corporate career of over 15 years I’ve attended all types of training and personal development courses and had the opportunity to work with some great mentors and coaches, but...
“Participating with Jon Giganti in his group coaching was a phenomenal experience. Under Jon’s leadership he was able to bring the group together to share best practices in time management, career growth planning and general life lessons for handling the stresses and challenges we...
Do you utilize checklists to manage your day? Especially for consistent tasks that you need to perform each and every day. If you’re not, you need to.
Checklists can literally be a life saver. Just ask Atul Gawande, who wrote a fantastic book called “The Checklist Manifesto”....
“There’s no greater waste of energy or resources than doing well that which should not be done at all.” – Peter Drucker
Do you feel distracted as you go through your day and your life in general? I know I do at times. There’s hope for you and me but you’ll have...
The flow…the mojo. Do you have it? Have you ever felt it? The flow is something you get when you’re working on a task and time stands still. It’s effortless almost. You’re so immersed in what you’re doing that you forget about time – by the time you come back...
Hi and greetings from St. Louis. I’m at the airport, just returning from a funeral service for a friend/colleague’s dad. Second funeral in the last month….although the last one was much younger – a good friend’s wife passed away at the early age of 40. For this one,...
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Gandhi
I just returned home from Cleveland Thursday night. I spent the evening with my dad. I took the drive up there for a visit to the Cleveland Clinic with him. He’s had some issues in recent...
