by Misti Burmeister | Feb 2, 2019 | Interviews with Provokers, Provoke your Performance |
Have you ever found yourself running the other direction when asked to consider managing a team or group of people? People management can be hard. And if you don’t like managing people, I’d like to offer another perspective. The first thing that goes through...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 25, 2019 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Decrease Your Goals In Order to Achieve Them It seems counter-intuitive, but by setting smaller goals, with lots of checkpoints along the way, you set yourself up for success in achieving those goals. Set Achievable Goals Make sure that you set goals that you can...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 19, 2019 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
What Is the Most Important Leadership Skill? The single most important skill in leadership is also one of the hardest to practice. This is especially true when you’re weighed down with deadlines and have employees looking to you for guidance. It’s easier to keep your...
by Misti Burmeister | Jan 4, 2019 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
Young, and feeling like a total impostor My first year in business, I made a grand total of $20K, which was enough to pay my bills (barely). To eat, I would go to the upscale pizza restaurant down the street from where I lived. I would bring my computer to the bar and...
by Misti Burmeister | Dec 28, 2018 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
To achieve a worthwhile goal can be quite difficult. Challenging goals in life are, by their very nature, something which require extra effort. Whether your goal is to become a successful world class speaker, writer, or athlete (or any other goal really), here are 2...
by Misti Burmeister | Dec 14, 2018 | Leadership, Provoke your Performance |
If I can just get it right, then I can relax, or so we tell ourselves. Of course, that is a lie. No matter how right you get it, there will always be something that could make it better. We recently planned a trip to New York, to see the magnificent colors of the...
