The other day, I was preparing a talk on the topic of CEO confidence and I began to think about the connection between confidence and courage and how the two work together when this question came to mind: Which comes first? Does confidence build your ability to be...
This morning I woke up and watched a YouTube video that landed up on my feed and it was beautiful. That’s what I want to share with you today. It’s a clip from America’s Got Talent with Nightbirde singing and I believe she’s here to remind us what it looks as like...
Last week I sent out an email with an enticing subject line – the BEST and ONLY way to do things. I chose that subject line to reflect that even though we know there’s no BEST and ONLY way to do things when we see a headline like that, we’re still curious about...
I think you’ve seen those articles that promise the “secret” to success, the “best” way to go about growing your business, or the top tips to increase employee engagement. Maybe I’m even guilty of writing a couple that may sound...
You know the saying, “life happens while we’re making plans”? We know the feeling when, as we go about our day-to-day, something happens, and in a few moments that all our best-laid plans get turned upside down. There’s a wonderful poem by Andy Rooney (14...
Imagine that right now, as we come to the end of Q3, you have the opportunity for a do-over, going back to 1 Jan this year? What would you do differently, knowing what you know now? What advice would you give your 1 January self? Stop for a moment and think about it....
Sometimes all it takes is a memory of something that made you smile to feel that warm, fuzzy feeling and it makes you want to smile again. In fact, when you call up a memory, what happens in your brain is a reenactment of the exact same experience so that your body,...
There’s a wonderful question that I often use when coaching clients and it’s called the miracle question. Here’s how it goes: “Suppose tonight, while you slept, a miracle occurred. When you wake up tomorrow, what would be some things...
Are you curious about our newest program – CEO Habits Bootcamp? If you want to build habits for solving wicked problems, check it out here. Today, I’m curious: What’s one thing (or a few things) you know now that you didn’t know before the pandemic? My...
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