Happy Holidays…Your Choice? As we go rolling into the holiday season many of us will be spending time with family and/or friends. Holidays can be a tough time for a lot of folks and everyone navigates them differently. While some folks are happy and joyous, others seem to struggle, so they deal with it in…
The Holidays, Gratitude, and YOU! The holidays can be stressful. It is so easy to get swept up in all of the craziness that this time of year can offer us. Yes, offer us because we don’t have to choose stress and craziness if we remember to ask ourselves one very important question. The questions…
Quiet Quitting… An Oxymoron? The term quiet quitting has been being bantered around a lot lately. Apparently, it is a derivative of the Great Resignation, and is defined as an employee who puts no more effort into their job than absolutely necessary, basically it is about doing the bare minimum. As an executive coach, I…
Leadership Arrogance (Part II): Is It Destroying Your Brand? Your brand is your promise, and as a leader, if you tolerate bad behavior and arrogance in your organization, especially amongst your leaders – you are probably doing more damage than good! With the war going on between Russia and Ukraine, we don’t have to look…
“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson 20 Truths To Know About Fear… Fear can paralyze. Fear can kill (yes, literally watch the news). Fear can be disguised as anger, rage, resentment, lack of forgiveness, and greed. It can be your friend…most of the…
Emotional Intelligence: Opinions are like … There is a famous saying about opinions and what they are like… I will spare you the details and just say that sometimes as a leader you have to wade through the garbage and the noise so you can drill down to the truth of the situation. But who’s…
Below is an excerpt from my newest book, Extraordinary Results for Life: Discover Your Path to be UN-ordinary It is a book that I hope will touch the lives of anyone who reads it. It is a book about change and how to transform your life from the ordinary to the extraordinary. EPILOGUE So much…
“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.” ~ Joseph Campbell The Blame Game Is it me, or have you noticed the astronomical rise in situations where folks are blaming anyone and anything for their problems? Have you noticed that practically every other news media story,…
“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.” – Victor Hugo. Battling the Monster Imagine that you created a product. A product that took you years to create. You’ve babied it, poured your heart and soul into it, with the dream that it might change the lives of those folks who experienced it. An then one…
The Problem of No Pain… Years ago, I read a book entitled, The Problem With Pain. The book was written by C.S. Lewis for the Christian audience, but that isn’t the point. The point is that the title implies that pain is a problem. Before I go any further, I am not proposing that we…