Category: Personal Development
Truth To Power
Being the bearer of bad news is a cruddy job. You are unappreciated, no one really wants to hear your perspective when they are certain all is proceeding well, and somehow you end up being the bad guy. And then, when your information or perspective is proven correct, when something that has been important [Read More...]
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Spheres of Influence
We squander a lot of our energy and create heaps of useless anxiety worrying over issues that are either out of our control or of incidental or irrelevant impact to our lives. It appears to be endemic to most of us to fret, meddle, angst and kvetch even when there is absolutely nothing to gain [Read More...]
View PostLove the One You’re With!
So who’s the one you’re with? Well, it’s you. On our good days and on our lousy days, our traveling companion is the face looking back at us in the mirror. And each and every single one of us is a unique assortment of stardust and memory and genetic code and life experience. We are [Read More...]
Teeter Totter – Cultivating Resilience
Working as an executive coach in organizations that are fast paced and often very hard driving, one of the goals I have for all my clients (and myself!) is increased speed in recovering balance. How quickly can we come back to center when we’ve been knocked off? This is a critical skill to develop because [Read More...]
Lady Sings the Blues
I was sitting in a wonderful, historic music venue in Austin, Texas. The place, called Antone’s, bills itself as ‘the home of the blues.’ The space is a cavernous warehouse with a raised stage, folding chairs that you grab for yourself behind a black curtain, the occasional small table, a guy polishing cowboy boots in [Read More...]
Improvisation
A friend shared a wonderful billboard message with me the other day: “If happiness is just around the corner, turn more often!” In a similar vein, I offer my own billboard slogan: “if inspiration is just around the corner, improvise more often!” Nicolo Paganini, the 18th century violinist and composer, is considered by many to [Read More...]
Wisdom from a Former Farmer
I had a massage a couple of weeks ago and got into a fascinating discussion about self-reliance with my masseuse. Turns out she was raised on a farm in Oregon, too far from town to get there easily. So, aside from school, she and her sister and brother and parents pretty much hung out together [Read More...]
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