Have you ever felt like you were in a rut or experiencing a particularly low point in your life? It’s times like these when we feel down, hopeless, and stuck. This can run the spectrum of significance, such as being bored at work to grieving the death of a family member or friend, but the… View Article
I was in a room with people just like me recently. We were asked to describe ourselves and the facilitator captured our comments as we ideated. She worked to buff and polish our language and made it positive as many of the comments were self-deprecating, yet accurate. What we all shared is a maximizing mindset…. View Article
Change can be hard. It requires a letting go of what was while embracing what is possible and could be improved. Too often, our thinking is skewed to keeping things as is – especially if we believe it’s working for us. Our fixed thinking is what makes it hard, not the change itself. Change doesn’t… View Article
Everything in life is temporary. Reminding ourselves of the impermanence we live in is critical during challenging times and essential during the exceptional times. To recalibrate your attitude, reactions, and grace you extend to others during difficult times is more accessible when you remember how short this thing called life really is. What if we… View Article
Going slow to go fast works. When you slow down, focus, and simplify, things are smoother. When you focus, you go faster. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Let’s go slow to go fast.
I love to dance. When the opportunity arises, I’m in. It doesn’t matter whether I’m tired, it’s been a long day, or I have the time – music, specifically the high energy kind – changes my mood and redirects everything to action for me. Time disappears, friends on the dance floor are made easily, joy… View Article
When things aren’t working, you have three choices. You can live with it, end it or change it. I learned this from Gino Wickman. Complaining about it isn’t going to help, though many people seek new audiences to share the same story, politicking their way through a situation and causing harm to all parties involved. … View Article
Our results are a product of what we do repeatedly; said another way, we are what we repeatedly do. The power of this statement is worthy. As I look at my business, relationships and life, it affords the opportunity to move. The question is, are you excited, proud and thrilled with more of the same?
“You do not rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems.” – James Clear As I think about my own systems, those in place for me personally are a bit more elusive than those constructed in concert with others. The subtle systems I have which keep all things… View Article
What if you treated every conversation as if it were the last opportunity you had? How would you relate differently to them? How would you listen? What difference would it make in your relationships? As I worked with a team recently about communication, I was reminded of how challenging it is to balance the demands of… View Article