by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 22, 2026 | Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
I did a presentation to a company recently on “Communicating with Confidence”. The most important tip to increase confidence that I shared was to Shift the Spotlight. The Spotlight Effect is when people think that everyone is looking at them, thinking...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 19, 2026 | Books, Maxims, Personal Growth
The phrase, “Take Off the Tool Belt” helped my wife and I move past several years of arguments and hurt feelings. We got the language from the book “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” by John Gray. This short phrase encapsulates an entire...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 15, 2026 | Books
Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy (Non-Fiction)Well… I remember liking this book, but I didn’t take any notes and don’t remember many of the details. That doesn’t allow me to provide a helpful book review. But I don’t think these are really...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 5, 2026 | Leadership, Personal Growth
I came across this during a training session at work. It comes from a book titled “A Beautiful Constraint” about using limitations for creative productivity. Rather than defaulting to “we can’t do that” you default to “We can...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Dec 30, 2025 | Maxims, Personal Growth
As the New Year is about to begin and many are about to set New Year’s resolutions, I would like to encourage you to Focus on Process over Goals. Goals are important. They provide a target and help set direction. Process is more important because it is how you...
