Just be you

Just be you

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” ~Joseph Campbell One of the key tenets of Thoughtful Leadership is to be authentic. Too often someone tells us about the “right” way we should be, or the “best” way to show up in a...
The upside of falling down

The upside of falling down

“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...
Want to succeed? Fail first

Want to succeed? Fail first

“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill I debriefed a 360° feedback assessment this morning and it was tough. The feedback itself was a bit tough, and my client took it very hard. “I should...