Category Archives: Business
Conation has It’s Place
Where does conation live? Conation is within you. It’s not just some knee jerk reaction. Or effort that requires elbow grease. Or thing that’s isolated in your guts. It oozes out of you and bursts forth from every pore. It’s … Continue reading
Life without Rue: The Snoopy Factor
Life doesn’t have to be so difficult. Work doesn’t have to take unending effort. Anger and frustration don’t have to run rampant. Conflicts don’t need to fester. Dreams shouldn’t be squashed. You can be at your best without besting someone … Continue reading
High School Musical by MO?
When people ask me about the beginnings of my leadership theories, they’re usually surprised that it started with a high school musical. In 1957, I was a part of an extraordinary adventure. Over 200 kids at New Trier High School, Winnetka, … Continue reading
It’s Not What You Think
A publicist recently suggested that he’d love to help me tell the world about my work with cognitive styles. My response was not kind or gentle. What he said to me was like telling a dedicated vegan that he’d be … Continue reading
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Conative Biases
Ignorance of often the cause of biases. Conative ignorance has kept us from refuting numerous harmful myths which fuel gender, age and racial biases. Women are not less strategic than men. There are as many females as males who were … Continue reading
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How She Really Does It with Koren Motekaitis
Listeners can learn from other peoples journeys. “How She Really Does It” provides listeners an opportunity to learn from others so they can empower their own lives. Recently I served as a guest on Koren’s show where we discussed how … Continue reading
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Resumes No Longer Reality
Never has the productivity of every employee been more important to employers. Having to do more with less means having to get it right with any new hires management decides to make. For decades the #1 step in the selection … Continue reading
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Multitasking Doers and Doubters
Opinions about multitasking are biased by your conative MO. So is your natural ability to do it. My recent informal survey shows over 90% of people who initiate Follow Thru actions are Doubters who consider multitasking “Bad.” They seem to … Continue reading
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Nuggets of Kolbe Wisdom-Pop Beads for the Elevator Pitch
I still don’t do a good job answering the question: What do you do? In fact, it gets harder every year. It was so easy when I could say: I write and publish materials for gifted kids. Piece of cake for … Continue reading
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No Such Thing As Can’t
As a young girl I was was told what girls “can’t” do. I figured the list didn’t apply to me. As a severe dyslexic I was told “You can’t write, so stay away from things that require it.” That’s precisely … Continue reading
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Add Your SAT & MO to databank:
Please add any comments under the SAT blog, then the following info: (I’ll share the results in another blog) Grade Point Ave in college: SAT score: Kolbe MO: (four numbers) Thanks!
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Just Cus I Wrote It Doesn’t Mean I Have to Read It
A prolific author I met with today was joyful when I told him there’s a book I’ve written that I’ve never read. He’d felt guilty about the one he’s never read. For me, it’s because the publisher destroyed the creative … Continue reading
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Trusting Your Instincts is an Act of Faith
I trusted my instincts yesterday and made a commitment to a project led by a man I’ve never met in person. That’s after turning down several people who I really admire who have wanted me to be involved in things … Continue reading
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Healthy communications with your doctor
Heath care costs soar when patients don’t do what they’re told. Conative MOs forecast what patients will/won’t do. If your conative MO is an 8 or more in Fact Finder, tell your doctor it isn’t personal & go get the … Continue reading
Employees as Collaborators
Entrepreneurs need all the help we can get on every level we try to go. Heidi Scott was my first collaborator. When my biz was out of the extra bedroom this wonderful Quick Start niece (then college student working part-time, … Continue reading
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To James Trujillo on his 10th Anniversary @ Kolbe
Dear James, How blessed I am that you are my collaborator in product development at Kolbe Corp. In your 10 years here you’ve made many things possible that never would have happened without you. I certainly recall the beginning of the journey. You’d … Continue reading
Being a resistant Implementor means discovering the meaning in life by walking into walls. You know initiating Fact Finders are not being authentic when they “suppose” you’re right. Being an authentic resistant Quick Start means walking away from a dare.
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Discovering Truth is Not an Orderly Process
I know it sounds arrogant when I talk about the truths I’ve discovered. I hate arrogance. But I love truth. Conative truths have been there for the world to see. (Oops, there it goes again, the all knowing Microsoft Word … Continue reading
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