Definitions - Spirited Words Defined

Some time ago I found the following quote: “A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don't…

WHO are we? Our Vision : Canada’s best source for entrepreneurial business education WHAT do we do? Our Purpose : We educate entrepreneurs. HOW do we do…

Intention may be one of the most underrated forces. I recently listened to a CD where Deepak Chopra said: Intention has organizational power…in a way…

We say Business only contains 3 things: People, Process, & Situations . We need to clarify what we mean by ‘ Situations ’. Situation def’n: a snapshot of an…

As we have written about many times, we believe Leaders need thick skin and thin skulls … Here are some of the nuances of our thinking: Everybody lies, at…

Self-Confidence is the 1st accomplishment. I have often told the story of Alexander the Great who eased his commanders’ fears and inspired his army by…

As many of you know, we buy and give away many copies of the book STRENGTHSFINDER 2.0 . We do that because we believe the Gallup organization has come up…

Positive Attitude means enjoying a predominance of positive emotions and having a predominance of positive thoughts...plus having the ability to replace…

Zig Ziglar said: Motivation is when you inspire a person to do something for their own good, Manipulation is when you get a person to do something for your…

At Spirited Leaders , values and personal values mean the same thing. Values & Personal Values the qualities, standards, and principles a person desires…

We have defined Integrity . Definition of Integrity When you know your Personal Values and When you can express your Personal Values in writing [showing how…

Def’n : Confidence happens when you believe you have what it takes to excel, do well, or at least handle the task and situation at hand. I like the…

On many fronts, Integrity is important to me. Many who know me have heard about the Integrity Experiment we conducted in 2005. Prior to 2005, I had this…

StrengthsFinder* presents Strengths as… Strengths = Talent Theme + Knowledge + Skills If I understand StrengthsFinder properly then our top 5 Talent Themes…

After being inspired by Stephen Covey* and others, and giving it all some thought, I have come up with and adopted the following… Definition of Integrity…

During a recent strategic-planning session we discussed corporate Values and Culture. I mentioned Spirited’s corporate Values are: Courage, Confidence…

The purpose of this blog series is to develop a framework for best-practice people networking. That is, to provide those interested in succeeding at people…

In one of my dictionaries, a Gage Canadian Dictionary, the word 'innovation' is defined as: A change made in the established way of doing things The making…

TurnAhead: def’n For businesses experiencing distress, TurnAhead means delivering a planned combination of a turnaround and a leap ahead to a much-more…