The Direction You Face Matters A Lot
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman There are things that we have wanted for a …
What To Do With All Those Great Ideas
We can come up with some pretty great ideas for projects, businesses, jobs, and adventures we’d love to do. They can occur to us in …
The Economics of Moving Others
Focusing on what is wrong with another has the ugly effect, more often than not, of perpetuating whatever is wrong. (If you don’t believe this, …
Think Again
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson When you are headed for the …
Why “Earning” Feels Bad
When we think the word “earn” as in “earn your keep,” “earn your way,” or “earn a living,” it can feel quite bad. (It’s odd, …
Top 5 Hiring Errors
To hire well, we want to ask the question,”Will this person fit, contribute, and perform well here?” But there are five common hiring errors that …
Why We Are Awful at Picking What To Do Next
Most days we waste a whack of time and energy. We struggle to figure out–and do first–the most important, urgent, due, or priority tasks. We …
Can We Have Everything?
The cars, the houses, the career, the family, the vacations, the meaningful experiences, the titles, the accolades, the bucket list, the prestige, the money, the …
Why We Can’t Hold On To Success
Once we get plugged in, raise our buzz, and are feeling confident, we feel so great and are enjoying the results so much that we …
Good Leaders Expose Rather Than Impose
Here is the fundamental conflict in leadership. People universally resist being told what to do. We, as leaders (with or without titles), feel we are …