Our Power and Purpose
[W]e are torn this way and that. Social and business pressures push us, and we go along, but the spark within is hard to extinguish, …
What Do We Do When Something Goes Wrong?
If we want to forever be in charge of fixing the problems, then we should give lectures, orders, and consequences. If we want others to …
Getting Others to See It Your Way
To get others to see things our way, we can try being louder, more energetic, more logical, more polite, or more correct. Or (and this …
Nothing and No One Needs Fixing
Where our inner game is off, it normally comes from us nursing a belief about them, us, or the situation being fundamentally broken. These harsh …
Pursue Our Dreams?
In business and life we wonder, “Should we pursue our dreams or be realistic?” Hold on! Who said these are mutually exclusive? In your corner, …
When to Start, Leap, Go
With a sense of what we want, why we want it, and an excited expectation of it unfolding in front of us, we can launch anything, …
Emotions Aren’t What You Think They Are
Much (…most…all?) of success at work is our head game. Just as athletes can win or lose based on what’s going on inside, our emotions …
We Needn’t
Assuming we know the outcomes we want to see, there are two ways we can approach any given situation. We can worry about how it …
Where the Really Good Solutions Are Hiding
Most of the conflicts we see in the news and in our businesses are silly and wasteful. Stuck in our positions, we snipe, grouse, and …
When You Want to Knock Heads About
We leaders spend a lot of time dealing with other people’s behaviors. But we can not blame them or use their behaviors to justify our reactions. …