While we strive to be our best selves, sometimes we make mistakes. Maybe we raise our kids with poor habits learnt when we were young. Maybe we yell when it is a tough time in our lives. Maybe we push all the buttons of our partner because we learned that behavior early on. While poor [...]
What does it mean to trust others? In a trust fall, you trust their physical wherewithal. You might trust a friend not to share your secrets. Or no to defriend you or laugh when you are vulnerable. We might even give to the relationship with trust that the person will be there when needed. In [...]
It is a desire that runs deep to believe that someone else will tell us what our deepest self is, what we truly believe, or maybe how to turn into what we want to be. Who will tell us? I heard someone propose that the reason we like magic tricks, such as someone telling you [...]
Saw this posted and it brought tears to my eyes. Why? Because I know I wouldn't speak up. Embarrassing but true. Would you? (And who knows if this is true, but it doesn't have to be to tell a story). On the first day of class, the law school teacher entered. First thing he did [...]
Where do you invest in new toys for your business? (Tech toys that move the needle to make things better). Good to always move forward, but we can't always be drawn by the shiny things.
I wonder if all of us actually want to be business owners? What if we each could totally control our own autonomy? And what if we could do just what we want to do, and outsource the rest of others? If you are an employee, how would you do things differently if you worked for [...]
Ever find you must re-learn lessons? Even if it isn't a lesson we learned before, there are often times that we can learn from someone else's trial and error. But how often do we listen? What would happen if you submitted to trusting others more often? In the book Mastery, George Leonard talks about taking [...]
Some companies provide coaches for employees. Some do it internally, and then there are organizations like Better Up that allows an individual to sign up for a coach around work or healthy living, but they are also designed for an employer to provide coaching for their employees. Taking this action demonstrates a commitment to understanding [...]
What good is fear? There is a protective capacity. I don't walk in certain places at night, because I am fearful of being attacked. Is this a rational fear? Maybe and maybe not. But I would rather not be there in the place and time just in case. It is an easy behavior not to [...]
I listened to this really great podcast, an inspiration to think of things in a new way - outside of the 'this is how it is done because it has always been done this way box'; and an inspiration to figure things out instead of being stupid about how things work. Armed with this inspiration, [...]
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