10 Reasons to Get Over It #159 The biggest opportunity to build trust is when there’s a break or absence of trust. What? It’s true. When there’s a break, disagreement, or conflict of any sort, we all cringe. No one looks forward to conflict, healthy or not. And yet, it’s the single greatest opportunity to… View Article
Sometimes #158 Patience. I don’t have a lot of it, though my Mom always said I did. And I’d laugh. Sometimes, if you wait, things settle in and handle themselves. Often I’m not patient enough to allow that kind of magic to happen, but when I do and it works, it appears as a miracle…. View Article
Kindness Multiplies #157 Have you ever had one of “those” days? You know the kind; it’s grey outside, perhaps rainy, and it feels the same inside your mind and body. When you’re having one of “those” days, a note from a friend can change the experience you’re having dramatically. I’m grateful to have had this… View Article
A Worthy Checklist #156 Thank you to Michael Allosso for a wake-up call in the form of a checklist from his You On Your Best Day workshop. I was coursing through documents and revisited this one again today. It is worthy of my attention and something I’ve chosen to post in my office as a… View Article
Will You Risk? #155 Complacency. It’s something that happens when you begin to accept the results you have as all that is possible. It’s the benchmark of mediocrity and the crusher of dreams. Many teams become complacent with scorecard numbers and rocks over time. They begin to see the red numbers or hear the words “off… View Article
Either Way, You’ll Be Right #154 Abundance. It’s easy to forget there’s more than enough of everything when you focus on what you don’t have. I see it every day with teams as we check in quarterly regarding their goals for the year. For those measuring on a calendar year, it often happens around June or… View Article
Two Hacks to Move Past Faulty Thinking #153 Have you ever talked yourself out of something due to the thought of the work associated with doing it? Think of deadlines, new projects, behavioral changes, or physical activity like working out. Your brain can rationalize away every benefit of beginning or doing the task before you even… View Article
Don’t Waste Your Money or Your Time #152 Today was refreshing. During a meeting with a new client, one of the team members stated to the rest of the leadership team, “I don’t want to do this if we’re going to treat it like a program. It’s a lifestyle change, and we’re either in and doing… View Article
Work With the Willing #151 As leaders, you’re tasked with two things: leading people and managing results. If you can do both well, you are the magician most of us want on our team. Any given day, you can defer to the easier of the two given your skillset. Certainly results, when mostly attainable from… View Article
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
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