Two simple ways to get out of marshmallow sticky conflict
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Conflict resolution
How do you illuminate the boxes that are limiting your thinking & unstick stuck thinking? First of all, identify the boxes. If you think you’re a Carrot Life Lens™ … (See A from last week’s post if you need some background info) Pat yourself on the back for your amazing systems & ability to […]
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“I tell it like it is as seen through my narrow view lens.” ~Tom Peters
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Communication
We all have lenses that influence what we see as important, what we pay attention to, what we take action on & what we ignore because we sense it’s unfamiliar, awkward, uncomfortable or simply not a priority. In my last post I talked about how a question my then boyfriend asked me led to […]
Tags: carrot lens, mountain lens, perspective, tom peters
Near miss – because you can’t look up & down a the same time
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
Carrot Life Lenses™ look down. They see the details. Mountain Life Lenses™ look up. They see patterns and trends. No matter where you’re looking, you’ll see some things and you’ll miss some things. You can’t look everywhere with ease. The key is to know where you naturally look and where you don’t look … and […]
Tags: carrot lens, mountain lens, perspective
How mountains & cantaloupes go together when it comes to the high view
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication
After laughing out loud at this one, and firmly pushing back memories of ugh-inducing highschool algebra classes that threatened to emerge, the cartoon made me think of the lessons that cantaloupes a.k.a. Mountain Life Lenses™ have to teach us. On a bad day Carrot Life Lenses™ (Mountain’s polar opposite) can have their head buried in […]
Tags: carrot lens, communication, mountain lens, perspective, worldview
How do you see success? A view from a clown & the Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
I had my chuckle of the day when a client, from the organization called S.U.C.C.E.S.S no less, sent me the above cartoon. What’s your idea of success? It’s a perspective clearing question. Your aim is true and clear if you know what you value success-wise. Here are some lenses on success. Success from a Carrot […]
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, randy glasbergen, stop lens, success
Easy, free planning tools to help you get the year you want
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. ~ John Lubbock Where I work & play, this time of year the daylight hours are short, the wind blows strong & the rain falls frequently (interspersed with the odd snowfall that brings the city to a standstill). It’s a time made for glancing back […]
Tags: carrot lens, e-series, John Lubbock, learning resources, life lenses, mountain lens, planning, social media, social media benchmarking, strategic planning
World famous mountain climber Catherine Destivelle celebrates carrots AND mountains
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness, Training & development
Can you imagine dangling from a few thousand meters up a mountain, alone, in the middle of winter? Catherine Destivelle can. She’s one of the “most adventurous and exciting female climbers in the world today.” When I saw her speak at the W.I.N. conference in Paris I was struck by how her laser attention to […]
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Countdown continues- 2 more days to the global launch of Life Lenses™
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources, Training & development
New! Today we’re shining the light on Carrot (lovers of details) and Mountain (lovers of the big picture) Life Lenses™. Which do you think you are? Simply click here to answer a few questions and enter the contest to win a free Life Lenses™ assessment ($60 US value) . There are multiple chances to win. […]
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Are you ready to see clearly? Enter to win a free Life Lenses™ assessment
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Employee retention, Human resources, Training & development
The global launch is Friday, October 8th in Paris, France. Only 7 more days to go until Life Lenses™ is available online! Are you a lover of details or a big picture kind of person? Never without your to-lists or are more of a meanderer? Governed by your heart or your head? Oriented to go, […]
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens
Calling all goal-oriented, focused folk. Are you a Destination Life Lens™?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Employee retention, Human resources, Training & development
To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~ (Eva Young) Do you like to focus on getting where you’re going, where you’re headed, what you’re trying to achieve? Do you put your time and energy into achieving your goals, reaching your objectives, getting things done? Are you decisive and […]
Tags: carrot lens, destination lens, go lens, head lens, heart lens, journey lens, life lenses, mountain lens, self-assessment, stop lens