8,760. That’s the number of hours you have in a year. 168 hours each week. It doesn’t sound like a lot to me when you consider the number of hours you sleep, the time you spend in the car, getting ready for your day and other mandatory functions like putting gas in your car, purchasing… View Article
I value time and I use it well – mostly. I’ve had people ask me how I accomplish as much as I do and it’s interesting to me. I don’t know that I’m more productive than others, but I do have practices which sustain my focus and allow me to say “no” to things that… View Article
When you feel defeated, everything takes longer. How do you wrangle in your thinking to find the goodness and possibility when it seems things outside your control continue to erode? It requires looking at where you’ve been, reconsidering what’s possible, and creating space to think about what’s occurring from another angle, a different perspective, and… View Article
Are you kind to yourself? Most leaders hold themselves to high standards. Often, they set a higher bar for themselves than for those around them. It’s a curious thing. Most of us could benefit from compassion for ourselves as well as extending it to others. Our ability to respect boundaries, set limits, and challenge ourselves… View Article
Choice is a big deal. When it appears we have none, it’s still a choice to do nothing. When you do nothing, you’ve made a choice. People can feel victimized when they do nothing and something happens. It’s usually the something they wish didn’t happen. It happens because they did nothing, which is a choice,… View Article
It’s simple really, yet so few of us do it. Paying attention to all we procrastinate is an opportunity for delegation. Most leaders are poor at delegation, or at the very least, they delegate the minimal amount at the most commonly understood level. What if you could delegate 80% of all you do to others… View Article
What does it mean to be intentional? One of the definitions is to be “done on purpose.” Asking the question about how much you do “on purpose” is an interesting one. When you slow to hear the verbiage, it begs the question, what is your purpose? I was in a workshop recently exploring purpose and… View Article
While working with a client doing annual planning, we embarked on a robust conversation about culture. The company will be 100 years old in just a few years, and the leadership team has a commitment to excellence befitting its century-strong legacy. One of the team members offered a great question to measure culture with: “How… View Article
Consistency. It’s elusive to many of us. When learning, it’s the deal maker. When seeking mastery, it separates those who excel from those who don’t. In any situation where you seek to deliver excellence, from cooking to performing, doing your work to playing sports, learning an instrument or a new language, art, leadership or any… View Article
Three simple rules in life: When it seems things are chaotic and changing, how can these three rules cut through the clutter and help you move forward a little or a lot? What will it take for you to realize your own thinking gets in your way more than anything else? My way of articulating… View Article
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