15% to Goal Lessons #150 This series of 50 blog posts has been interesting as well. For those new to this, I’m on a journey to 1,000 posts writing 5 blogs/week Monday through Friday, with none missed over the four years it will take to complete this mission. Here are my lessons this series: It’s been more fits… View Article
Stay in Joy or Leave in Peace #149 How many times do you do something out of obligation? It’s not a great way to spend your most precious commodity, time. Why commit to something if you don’t intend on enjoying it? That is always a choice. Do you realize it? Often, we agree to do things… View Article
Stay on the Bus #148 Have you ever struggled with a situation over days or weeks, which seems unresolvable with the people participating? Me too and it stinks. When other people won’t participate in the solution, it’s painful and leaves you with a void; a glaring incompletion. You can’t reach a resolution in isolation. You arrive at pauses; like bus stops… View Article
The Learning You’ve Earned #147 Have you ever said something that made a great difference for another person and to you it was commonplace? It’s interesting when it occurs because it’s clearly a blind spot. It’s an awareness you’ve normalized and taken as fact which for others is a profound insight at that moment. It’s a… View Article
5 Practices for Success #146 How do you define success? For me, I have a personal plan and a business plan written out. Each year, at home and work, I recalibrate and configure what “success” looks like. My personal plan is completed independently of my husband and then we collaborate to combine them, the dialogue… View Article
Same Thing, Different Day #145 Systems. They are the backbone for consistency, productivity and efficiency. EOS, the Entrepreneurial Operating System, is designed to support entrepreneurs in getting what they want from their businesses. It does just that with a simple and elegant grace when you have the discipline and follow through to implement it fully. One of my… View Article
Being Unf♥<kwithable #144 It was meant for fun, and also meant to be a sincere nudge for leaders. If you’ve been following along with our movement – and if you’re reading this, you are – you’re aware of the state we’re seeking – being Unf♥<kwithable. In case you haven’t read the book or didn’t know it, being Unf♥<kwithable means: To be truly at… View Article
Every Action has an Impact #143 Recently, I had an interesting situation occur. Two different colleagues, one male and one female, each made an error in delivering what they promised to me. Both reached out by voice and then followed up with an email within a few minutes of the call. Neither commitment was time-sensitive or… View Article
Following My Own Advice #142 Asking for help. It’s a seldom practiced skill for a hardworking, self-sufficient, proud leader whose identity is wrapped up in what you do. In fact, it’s uncomfortable because of the vulnerable position you’re in. It can feel like an admission of incompetence or weakness. It’s not the case, and because… View Article
Why Wait? #141 Incompletions waste energy. Think about it. When something is unfinished, you ruminate on it. Whether it’s a conversation, a puzzle, a task or a project, your mind and your actions wander back to it over and over thrashing like a computer. Your energy is trapped as is your momentum. When you’re incomplete, you can’t move on…. View Article
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