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Why taking a long shot is a Thoughtful leadership practice
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” ~Charlie Chaplin Many lives ago I worked in entertainment marketing. It was the time of the “dramedy” – the ironic but serious storyline for television series. (Yes, back when there were three...
Six questions to lessen your FOMO
Have you heard of FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out? Many of my clients speak of it often. They can’t skip a meeting. What if they miss vital information? Or face time with others? They can’t take a quiet evening at home. What if they miss the fun? They can’t say no to most...
This one I’m right about
“Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.” ~Peter Marshall I don’t know when I’m tougher to be around, when I’m wrong or when I’m right. I suppose you’d have to ask those who live and work with me on a daily...
Feeling pandemic guilt? Use it to propel you forward
As we approach the one-year mark of the initial pandemic shutdown, many of us are looking back and reflecting on the seemingly endless months of sheltering in place, working from home, social distancing, cancelling plans, and seeing friends and family on a screen...
Are you getting the most out of your life?
“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” ~William Feather If I’ve learned one thing in the last year, it’s that I’m really not in charge and there is so much out of my control. That said, the other thing I’ve learned is that it’s...
Inviting failure
Some people will do anything to avoid failing. Playing it safe can certainly help you avoid a big embarrassing failure but it also keeps you stuck in mediocrity and invisibility. Listening to a radio interview recently, I heard the phrase “extraordinarily ordinary.”...
How to get what you want
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” ~Amelia Earhart Sometimes we hold ourselves back from the things we want, or need, to do. We rationalize that we’re not ready to take a step, or that we don’t know exactly what to do yet, or that we want to gather more...
How to keep leading, when it starts getting “old”
If you’re in the Northeast, like we are, you were hit by quite a storm. In my home, we had shoveled four times, and every time I looked outside it was as if we never shoveled at all. The snow kept coming and coming and coming, and it felt like it would never stop. It...
Be a lifeguard
“If you're not drowning, you're a lifeguard.” ~Seth Godin Again, now is hard. And again, we’re all in this together. So, Seth Godin is quite right. If you’re not drowning right now, you are someone who can help others around you who are floundering. Over and over...
Challenge yourself to be fearless
I’ll admit that many of my best ideas are born during my yoga practice. I wish I could admit that I was so mindful and focused during my yoga practice that I didn’t birth great ideas, or grab onto a great thought offered by my yoga teacher and repeat it in my mind...
Where can you be more deliberate?
“Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails.” ~Henry David Thoreau I firmly believe in the power of focused intention. I’ve learned to start at least most of my days...
Is it time to reconnect with your team?
Let’s face it. 2020 was unprecedented in the demands, stressors, and shocks it created in our lives. What we hear from our clients is a combination of gratitude for faring through the churn mostly unscathed, exhaustion from the pressures and worry and melting of...
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