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How to Make Friends with Your Triggers
What happens when you get triggered — that full-on experience of a rug pull or a sideswipe? One moment you are fine, and the next you are very far from it…
Please Don’t Feed The Stress
Stress. We talk about it a lot, usually as a negative thing, but it’s also an important part of who we are as humans…
Could Business Success Be That Easy?
You probably do business with people you like, and you like them because of the way they treat you. How you are treated reflects how that business treats the people who work there…
How Ending Part of a Relationship Made it Better
My partner and I broke up so we could grow closer together. And as the romantic partnership fell away, so did judgments of who we thought the other person should be…
Who Are Your People?
Who is there for you for the good news, the bad news, the silly news, all without judgment? The person who loves you completely no matter what…
I’m Not as Tough as I Thought I Was
I just had some major dental work in Costa Rica and took all the novocaine they’d give me. I’m not as tough as I thought I was…
Whistleblowing Versus Confidentiality: Where is the Line?
There are clear-cut situations in which people are in danger, but most have multiple shades of gray. Blowing the whistle may keep some from harm but put others squarely in its path…
The Momentum Fundamentals: We Actually Use Them
We’ve had the Momentum Fundamentals for so long, it’s easy to take them for granted. But they are the foundation of how we operate and what we use to teach other organizations…
What the Beastie Boys Teach Us About Business Culture
The Beastie Boys looked out at that beer-soaked crowd of twentysomething white guys and realized their fans were taking all of this to heart…
What’s the Purpose of Finding Purpose?
I get at least six emails a week telling me that the sender has the “magic formula” to increase our business by 10 times. Does it actually work?
Saying Goodbye To a Pet: On Grief and Joy
It’s in our nature to dive head first into the well of pain and grief that loss brings, just as it is to ride the waves of joy and expansion as our future calls us forward…
How to Reboot Your Brain by Doing Less
It’s the middle of the summer, and I find myself needing a break. I want to slow down and be quiet. Luckily, my clients are feeling the same way. ..
When Travel Plans Fall Apart - Keeping it Fun
Another email from Delta. Flight canceled. I’m just plain upset at this point. Fun is nowhere in sight…
Shut Up and Listen!
Group communication is challenging. Communicating effectively takes intention, planning and practice. A few tips…
Who's Ready for a Tough Conversation?
You not only have to give people permission to speak up, you actually have to ask for it. And you need to be willing to listen generously…
Why Adaptability Could Be Your Best Trait
I had just found out I had to spend the next three days at a luxurious riverside resort with a pool and miles of hiking trails for work. Quelle horreur.
Why Listening is so Hard
I will start to see a person through a lens that will only reaffirm my point of view. I will often cease to see them in a larger context of possibility or partnership and my interactions with them become limited…
What Are You Worried About?
Five hundred years ago, Michel de Montaigne said, "My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened." We’re STILL spending a lot of time worrying…
When You Talk to Yourself, What Do You Say?
Our internal dialogue drives the way we relate to others. Is your self-talk focused on joy, gratitude and love or stress, inadequacies and guilt? Sometimes it’s so automatic, you don’t even notice it.
OMG, Not Core Values Again!
Is the core values conversation approaching the tipping point on your “give a s**t meter?” Fair enough; let’s talk about a new aspect of them. Three things about core values you may not have considered…
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