In the still of the morning, alone with my thoughts and the warm tropical wind, peaceful music, and the lack of anything to do, I can be anywhere. My energy and focus can be with your heart, supporting the journey, the healing, the work. I am with you in spirit, supporting the peace, love and… View Article
It’s the day before vacation for me. It’s a combination of work and vacation, which are some of my favorite experiences. Kevin is with me, and as usual, we’re hustling to button everything up so we can disconnect and truly relax. Dan Sullivan’s words ring in my ear every time I’m leaving. “If we worked… View Article
My career has always been about becoming a keen observer. In all ways, coaching, facilitating, and training are about learning to engage your senses to read all of what’s occurring with the people in the room, not just the words shared. When done well, we help people gracefully work through the tough stuff. You know… View Article
I was searching for some older documents recently and stumbled upon a picture I made of my leadership vision for my future. I designed this vision for when I turned 50 (I was 42 at the time, so 8 years into the future). I’d never set such a long-range goal for myself; most goals were… View Article
As I observe myself, clients, and friends right now, it’s intense. It seems business is challenging, people are facing life defining situations at work and home, teams are efforting to collaborate, and very little seems easy. We cycle together. It’s not permanent. How can we help each other and ask better questions? What can we… View Article
When things are challenging, many of us get stalled at starting and proceed to feel bad. Once we feel bad, we justify our inaction creating stories, rationalizations, excuses, and justifications thinking our feelings are reason enough to remain stuck. We do other things, deprioritize the “big” thing we need to do that might be new,… View Article
Today I’m thinking about great questions, so I’m including some random, unrelated questions in my recent reading. I hope one or more of them inspires some great thinking on your part!
On my quest for gratitude, simplicity, and order this year I’m learning more about minimalism. I’m happy to say I’m still on track with a box a week and while listening to a short book about minimalism, I took away a few great practices:
When you’re on opposite pages with another person, sit at the table and open the door to conversation. The simplest curiosities open the door. We are in the initial phases of a remodel. We’re on different pages in terms of scope. We sat at the table and were curious in our conversation. It was interesting,… View Article
Sometimes, when life is overfull with challenges, real and imagined, you can’t sleep. That’s been the case for me these past few weeks. Today, I decided to get up instead of trying to return to fitful sleep. It may not be my most energetic day. It has been a more constructive use of my frenetic… View Article
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