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Video: Are Knee Jerk Reactions Creating Havoc? Learn Your Triggers
Sometimes those snap decisions are not your best choice. Learn to recognize the people and situations that trigger an emotion-filled reaction. Subscribe
Three Steps to One Simple Resolution
Each year we make them and break them in short order. Why continue to do the same thing over and over? Your New Year's resolution doesn't have to be hard or frustrating. This year, make your resolutions meaningful, achievable and impactful. How? Try this......
A Holiday Note…
As you rush home with your treasures… …I want to take a moment to say thank you. I continue to be humbled by the emails and comments I receive from you the readers of this blog/newsletter. Your comments, thoughts and suggestions are my reward and encouragement to...
Come Out of the Closet: 4 Ways to Talk About Intuition at Work
After 75 interviews with leaders, it’s clear. Leaders rely on intuition for decision-making in complex situations. Making decisions in the face of ambiguity and uncertainty is part of the job. There is neither the ability to know all the facts nor time to find enough...
Video: Over-Thinking It? Manage Fear to Resolve the Nagging Feeling
Fear influences your thinking more that you recognize. Fear can be the reason for over-thinking it. In this video, explore steps to work with fear and stop its hold on your decision-making. https://youtu.be/wTRkNbEf_uc Subscribe
Frazzled from Holiday Prep? Three Ways to Stop Adding to the Clutter
He died on September 1. I have not yet tackled his closet, clothes, shoes, sweaters, and ties. But, living in the house, I run into what I call the "stuff of life." It's the stuff we collect, save and hang on to whether it makes sense or not. There are hearing aid...
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Disappointed by Your Plan? Get Hooked by Questions Insightful Leaders Ask
We left the dock at 5 am, bundled against the cold, the boat loaded with food, drinks, snacks for us and lures for the fish. It was opening day of Rockfish season. I know nothing about Rockfish, but I was with an experienced team who have fished together for twenty...
This 2-Year-Old Shows You How to Relate with Your Staff
I was in my hometown of Smithville, Texas for the big Jamboree celebration. Jamboree includes a coronation, parade, dances and a livestock show and sale. For the livestock show, kids raise steers, pigs, goats, chickens and rabbits to be judged and sold. The two-year...
A Tale of Two Clam Chowders, and Two Ways to See Beyond the Ordinary
Have you ever found something that you like and just stick with it? Maybe it’s your favorite restaurant, favorite running shoe, favorite hand lotion or…in this case, your favorite clam chowder. Recently, we visited friends in Florida and a discussion ensued about the...
Two Ways to Recognize that You’re Going the Wrong Way
It happened just the other day. I was in Florida driving back from a training program just as the sun was getting low in the sky. Because I’m a transportation engineer I see things on the road that you may not. Glancing in my rear-view mirror, I saw them. The raised,...
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