The song goes: “When you’re down and troubled, and nothing is going right…” Are you seeing someone down and needing a friend? Maybe you don’t really know if they are. Be kind. Today, we are living full throttle. We past people like highway road markers seemingly connected one to the next. Taking a moment to […]
Each day we are faced with choices on whether to display vulnerability without apology, to be a model of humanness. One element as a leader is to recognize the imperfectness of your nature. It isn’t an easy thing to do given the expectations you place on yourself to be some perfect person. In this struggle […]
Have you said to yourself or someone else, “I need to get this perfect before _“? It might have been a test, a project, a painting, dinner. Maybe a presentation or speech. What happens? You put an expectation onto yourself that nothing less than something with zero error will do. There becomes a confusion between […]
In this collaboration age in order to pivot rather than perish, we need who you are. One thing is needed from you. That is to be all who you are. This is time to stand out and show your talents, skills, and leadership. In order to collaborate the following is needed: 1) clarity on who […]
Sometimes in my life, I found myself looking in at my life. I was looking toward my boss to show me my calendar for the day. It didn’t stop there. I had family and friends do it too. I was reserved. I then had to work hard to show my eagerness to please, to show […]
Do you hide the scars of your past experiences from others? I was taught early on that you bury the pain, humiliation and other impacts from your conflicts and experiences that end in failure. I was taught to put on a confident face, a mask that covers up the inner turmoil in public and even […]
As a member of the team or the leader of a project, I am and you are called upon to develop into something more. That something more in us requires us to move between thinking, learning, performing and reflecting. If you are where you are in life to wait for the end, what is good […]
t In your career or calling, what do you hold as the image of you? Learn the three statements of awareness and two caveats which successful leaders leverage daily in this video. These thought statements right set the mind and provide authenticity in their daily relationships. Do you start each day knowing who you are, […]
One of the things I found early on in my business life was I tried to get to the goal. The completion of the goal was all that mattered. I was told “you get paid on completions.” This was reinforced in the jobs I held. Later I sought jobs that led to rewarding journeys. My […]
Whether it is your personal life or your business life leading an organization, there are fundamentals fueling growth and development. Where are you expressing hope today? When a person plants a seed into the ground, there is hope expressed by that person that it germinates and breaks through the ground level into its anticipated form. […]
