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Family Dynamics? Four Tips to Stay Merry and Bright
‘Twas the night before Christmas...and family dynamics are taking a toll. There are the folks you see often and those less regularly. Some relationships are easy and welcome. Others ...well, other relationships may grate on your nerves. Let's face it, some family...
Four Steps to Cultivate Aha-Moments
“Whereof what’s past is prologue,” wrote Shakespeare in The Tempest. When applied to stable businesses, that statement has a ring of truth. However, for entrepreneurs in emerging industries where new ways to do business or entirely new businesses show up, past is not...
What Holds You Back from Trusting Your Intuition?
You run the numbers, debate the pros and cons, talk to others, and now it’s time to make the decision. It should be obvious but something holds you back. There’s a tug in your gut as you struggle with an intangible feeling that there’s more to this decision than meets...
On Being Thankful for Patience and Impatience
Patience is a virtue. While there is wisdom in that cliché, I've also come to appreciate the value of impatience. For those of us running businesses and working toward goals, impatience is a performance driver. But if all we appreciate in impatience, we miss the joy...
Over-React? Use Your Emergency Tool Kit
Your expectations for the project were clear, but the staff didn't follow them. In the blink of an eye, the voice in your head explodes and you lose your composure. The team exchanges nervous glances and shuffles out of the room silently. You know they won't be silent...
Make Space for Thoughtfulness
The rain was steady as I waited in Starbucks. We planned to meet over coffee and talk about collaborating. As usual, I anticipated a busy day working through my to-do list - the one that stretched to infinity. Each day it felt like the list grew longer, and I hung on...
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The Value of Travel–and Down Time
If you've read my blog for long, you won't be surprised to hear that travel is very important to me. I find that time spent in other environments, cultures and fresh activities expands my thinking, allows me to reconnect to my values, and put into expanded practice...
You Can Learn Infotuition!
One-and-two-and-three-and-four... My dad sat next to me counting out the beats as I practiced the clarinet. Night after night he taught and I learned. I was good but was never going to be the next Bennie Goodman. Nonetheless, I read and play music and appreciate the...
Does Anyone You Know Need More Motivation?
Is there someone in your office who needs a little motivation? Are you part of a team who you'd like to motivate to higher performance? Do you need motivation? Or are you simply looking to continue your professional development growth? No matter what your motivation,...
Three Steps to Stop the Storytelling in Your Head
You're in a long security line at the airport. A LONG line. A frazzled, middle-aged, perspiring, blonde woman rushes up from behind. "Excuse me! My plane is leaving! May I cut in line?" In that moment, what do you think? Perhaps some of the more gracious of us think,...
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