You are told to find a goal to accomplish. What happens shortly after? You fail to reach the goal. You might picture living the new you who achieved the goal. You stopped after a few tries because you didn’t feel the goal was important anymore or there must be another silver bullet that would allow […]
Remember back to the time when you were young and decided to build something or had a lemonade stand or maybe even built your first video? What happened? You probably grew your abilities and your deeper thinking. You embraced what you were building and made it your own. Are you still doing that today? if […]
When did you notice that your involvement with a person, a work team, an interest group, a non-profit project team, a community start to fade? Were they making the decision to reach out to you and others? Some people immediately pick up that the core leader or team isn’t thinking about its members and start […]
What is said in the meetings you attend? Are there questions and discussions that open up discussion or do they lead to a frantic look at the clock? Try intentional questions, those that lead with a purpose. Questions done right lead to exploration and possibilities. When you feel the room isn’t using the power of the minds […]
Look around at work. You might see others just going through the motions of meeting their performance objectives. They might think if they sit straighter in their chair, hide their screen time and look interested, they will have a change in their results. Exercise goals at the beginning of the year are set with a […]
Being successful in areas of responsibility whether at work or in the family requires something special. It requires going beyond just being, just attending to the myriad of things in your day. It requires focusing on higher things. Things that make a difference in the world of those that are impacted by you, like your […]
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 […]
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 […]
