by Lisa Kohn | Jun 28, 2018 | Self-Care
“I will not should on myself today.” ~Anonymous I learned this pithy saying years ago, and it still makes me smile. So often we “should” on ourselves. We run the list of our “shoulds” – to ourselves or others. “I should answer this email.” “I should volunteer at my...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 19, 2018 | Thoughtful Leadership
In many ways, September is a new beginning. Or at least it can be. It’s the start of the Jewish New Year, usually the start of the school year, and, for me, the start of another year of life (as I’m a tried-and-true September Virgo). The chance for a new beginning is...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jan 16, 2018 | Personal growth
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” ~George Eliot “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” This is one of those old sayings that seems to still ring true, because it reminds me that we can always start over and that...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Nov 7, 2017 | Thoughtful Leadership
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~George Bernard Shaw I have clients (and colleagues, and friends, and family members…and myself at times) who are so afraid of messing up that they...
by Chatsworth Consulting Group | Jun 6, 2017 | Team Development
“Fall down seven times, get up eight times.” ~Japanese Proverb I now enjoy skiing. I used to hate it. I hated it because I fell. And I hated that I fell. I once made my ski instructor fall getting off the lift. He told me he hadn’t fallen off a lift in over ten...
