Independence (freedom, liberation, autonomy, sovereignty, liberty) Freedom (Independence, liberty, autonomy, sovereignty, openness) The fourth of July represents both freedom and independence and I’m struggling with the hypocrisy in the United States right now. Having a 50-year life-saving constitutional right revoked challenges the very definition of the values our country was founded on. While we pause… View Article
I was at Strategic Coach with Dan Sullivan and he shared an exercise worthy of every business owner and parent’s attention. It’s a great way to be prepared and also bond your team or family in a cohesive way utilizing the highest and best use of everyone’s talents. Here’s the scenario: what if you and… View Article
How do you manage strong reactions to things out of your immediate control? Me, I allow myself to feel whatever is there; fully…and I mean it. When I do so, especially if it’s a strong reaction, I put a time limit on it. Then, I need to manage through it which means to not deny… View Article
What do you need to know when adding to your team? It can be summed up with a few questions that may get to the core; the rest is art and science combined. Three questions to consider which can simplify how you think about adding to your team: Who are you? This is a core… View Article
No more email! As I say on my autoresponder, it’s time to take my own medicine. It’s true. I’ve signed off and my team is monitoring my email messages daily. Gino Wickman inspired this transformation and it’s taken me about ten years to make the transition…not an early adopter on this one, but grateful to have… View Article
Legacy is a big word. When I was younger and heard the word, it was in regard to older people who’d lived out some form of impressive, maybe even heroic lifetime journey only a few would be able to measure up to. Now in my middle years, I think of it as a life well… View Article
Wondering how to generate a conversation? Here are seven questions to create different types of dialogue: What’s on your mind? This question could be used to probe deeper or to get an interesting conversation started. It’s a great way to open things up when you are curious what someone’s expression is really telling you. What… View Article
“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” John Steinbeck I’ve spent a great deal of my life teaching,… View Article
We are blessed. We work to maintain a chosen family and all of us contribute to the success of how we connect, spend time and care for each other. Every gathering moves us more deeply into a connected and unified space. Some days are better than others, yet we succeed or fail together. As we… View Article
We all need something to look forward to. As a Minnesotan, let’s face it, our winters get long. One of the things my husband and I have done to interrupt what can feel like forever during the colder months is to schedule a long weekend or a week away every month possible. We’ve been doing… View Article
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