When SAY and DO Don’t Line Up

On March 5, 2021

I once worked with a leader who had gotten feedback that her team felt she didn’t have trust in them; she tended to steamroll her own solutions without listening to their inputs. While the solutions she came up with generally worked, the rest of the team felt disconnected with the outcome. Over time they clammed […]

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Just One Thing

On February 24, 2021

You spend a lot of effort eliminating distractions and staying laser-focused on your target. But then there are those times, you get that niggling feeling it is time to move off the trajectory you’re on. It has gotten comfortable, yes. And also, a bit boring and predictable. But where to begin? In this ongoing pandemic, […]

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Can I Really Do This?

On February 8, 2021

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do.I think that’s how you grow.When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” ~~ Marissa Mayer, co-founder of Sunshine Contact. former CEO of Yahoo, first female engineer […]

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Gratitude—the Best 5-Minute Investment Ever

On December 23, 2020

Little did I know that when I started my gratitude experiment last January, that it is the thing that would save me this year. I started a daily gratitude practice to lift my spirits after my mother passed. I had dabbled with gratitude practice before, but this time I wanted to be consistent and see […]

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Perfect Conditions

On December 10, 2020

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Drop Down, Give Me Ten

On November 11, 2020

“Yes, Drill Sergeant! One!” How did I wind up on hands and knees in boots, fatigues, and helmet, pushing away the Kentucky dirt? “Two.” I blame it on Elaine, my college classmate. If she hadn’t invited me (or did I invite myself?) to hear the ROTC lunch pitch, would I ever have imagined that crawling through mud would be the start of a very fulfilling career? Not likely.   Four, Drill Sergeant.” Pull-ups, push-ups, road marches and 0-dark-thirty morning runs, joining the Army was the best […]

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