5 Steps to Whole-A$$ Commitment
There’s a special kind of goal called a “commit or quit” goal. If you haven’t heard of this, that’s not surprising, because I made it up. I made it up because I noticed I was doing too many things half-assed: …
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Trust Your “GPS”– 5 Growth Path Signals for Discovering True You
When you were young, soft and psychologically pliable, you were probably shoved into various conformation machines (family, school, work) designed to mitigate your uniqueness. Uniformity, for the sake of being controlled, was paramount. Fitting-in was rewarded. Differences were buffed out …
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Our Struggle to Be True
Authenticity is a fine edge. I know that my best self is self-restrained and magnanimous, merciful and forbearing, courageous. I like showing you that part of me. In each moment I am working hard to make choices that “move toward” …
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Meanest One of All?
All this meanness, where’s it coming from? It’s in the news, the grocery store, the roadways, the sidewalks, and (especially) social media. Putting my attention on this lately has revealed another voice of meanness: the one inside my head. It’s …
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Claim Your True Power
You are energy. I am energy. Everything is energy, and all energies are intertwined. I know this might sound a little crazy, but I want you to know this is your reality. Once get this, you can begin to claim …
How Will I Know When I’ve Been Successful?
I’ve been working with this question for weeks. It’s a toughy. I know it’s an important question for me to answer because my tendency has been to stay too long. Lacking clarity on what I can contribute or achieve, I …
Are You a Loser?
I don’t wanna be laid down No I don’t wanna die knowing That I spent so much time when I was young Just trying to be the winner So I wanna make it clear now I wanna make it …
Observations in Lost Opportunity
Meeting #1: Unnamed Person X was considered for a career boosting opportunity. Meeting #2: Unnamed Person X exploded in a 60-sec emotional response to a work situation. Meeting #3: Unnamed person X was no longer under consideration for the career …
First Impressions, Again
Remember that first-day-of-school feeling? Excited: anything could happen. Nervous: anything could happen! Will they like me? Will I do a good job? Then…stuff happens. Before long, you are in a box. How they see you is who you are, even …
Assuming Response-ability
I came around the curve and to an abrupt stop behind a red river of brake lights, flowing as far ahead as I could see, down, into the mouth of the tunnel. Eyes shot to the clock: 5:53. I would …