Hear Past the Chatter
All day, we chatter along to ourselves. Mostly we repeat the same fear-driven opinions, judgments, and assessments about ourselves, the world, and how to figure …
We Only Ever Learn The Hard Way
Words, teachers, books, and classes don’t teach, really. They are only aides. We can only learn through our own experience. That’s why, as leaders, telling …
How To Stop Creating Stress
We create our own stress. This is much more than an old self-help chestnut. It is a vitally important insight. Once we get this, we …
Leading When Beliefs Go Rogue
Labels, judgments, yeah buts, and other beliefs about the way things are can help but often stop helping us. They go rogue. We can tell …
Fall in Love with Your Vision
So used to expecting things not to work out, we limit our vision of what think we or our businesses can achieve. Or, perhaps, we …
Turn Struggle into Flow
Our worries about how something will get done are merely us focusing on what’s wrong. This, we’ve seen, is a great way to prevent progress. …
If We Focus On What’s Wrong…
…we will only succeed in perpetuating it (or something like it). In other words, we will never solve a problem by complaining about it, wishing …
Don’t Be Realistic
Negativity is important. Without it, we can’t know what we really want. Our problem is that we stay focused on the negative long after it …
Leadership Effectiveness in One Sentence
Our effectiveness as leaders rests upon the faith we have in our ability to change reality for the better. In your corner, Mike PS: …
Still Complaining?
Complaint can never, ever solve whatever we are complaining about because it keeps us focused on what we don’t want. And so the solutions we …