Steve Keating

1 month ago | stevekeating.me | Steve Keating

I am an endless learner. I like to learn, and lucky for me, there is always more to learn. Learning sometimes changes my thinking and causes me to try things I otherwise likely wouldn’t. Consistent learning allows me the opportunity to keep this blog “fresh.” It enables me to converse with a variety of different people on a wide variety of topics. There are simply tons of reasons to always be learning.

1 month ago | stevekeating.me | Steve Keating

Everyone does better when they have a coach or mentor in their life. Maybe even more than one mentor: a business mentor, a personal mentor; there are even retirement mentors who help you transition from the go-go workaday life to a more relaxed yet fulfilling and meaningful life. But the sad reality is, there just aren’t enough mentors to go around. The great news is, there are more than enough qualified people around who would make excellent mentors and coaches, if only they knew how.

1 month ago | stevekeating.me | Steve Keating

I suppose I’m like most people in that I’d rather not hear criticism from anyone. I’d really, really rather not hear it from people I’m not particularly fond of. In my younger days, I’d mostly just ignore it. I say mostly because I did let it bother me; I allowed it to wreck my attitude, especially my attitude toward the person criticizing me. Thanks to one of my mentors, I came to understand that while I may never like hearing it, I did have other options for dealing with criticism.

1 month ago | stevekeating.me | Steve Keating

Several years ago, I was working in a company with a newly christened CEO. I, and several of my colleagues, had known him for a long time in his various roles within the organization. We had good working relationships with him, and I was especially excited about his elevation into the top spot. I was certain he would do a great job. It didn’t take long before I began to wonder about that.

1 month ago | stevekeating.me | Steve Keating

I’m pretty certain there is no such thing as a neutral human interaction. Every time, every single time, we interact with another human being, we leave them feeling either better about themselves or worse. They do the same for, or to, us. Sometimes it’s a lot better or a lot worse, but most of the time it’s just a little. Very often it’s so little that it’s almost imperceptible. But it’s there.