For Success – Set Your Intention
This article was originally posted in July 2015. I am going to write a blog series on the concept of intention because I have seen it be the dividing line between the very successful and the moderately successful – in any area of life. I have enlisted the help of my current and past clients […]
Invictus – The Power to Choose
My son just finished 7th grade. At the closing ceremony, his class recited this classic poem: Invictus –William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced […]
Cultivating Communication Curiosity
Have you ever heard this expression, “He knows me so well, he can finish my sentences”? I thought of this the other day after finishing one of my communication classes. In this class we are learning to listen out of curiosity – wondering what the other person has to say and where they are coming […]
Check out my Podcast on Lawpreneur Radio!
A couple days ago, I was interviewed by Miranda McCroskey for Lawpreneur Radio. “Lawpreneur Radio” comes out of the recognition that lawyers need to learn how to run their practices as a business. Therefore, Lawpreneur Radio is a community where members are both lawpreneurs who’ve figured out how to hang their shingle and thrive, and […]
Surprise Yourself!
I came across this video because I was impressed with Meghan Trainor’s song about body image and types in girls and women (All About That Bass) and wanted to learn more about her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtRsKl2lO_U This video is impactful for me for a couple of reasons. The first thing I saw was that she, like all […]
Beware Your Interpretations
“We don’t see the world as it is; we see the world as we are.” –Anais Nin I had a client once who came to many of our calls concerned that sh e was going to be fired. She loved her job and she felt completely out of her depth much of the time. Coaching […]
What Stops You?
Here is a topic I talk to my all of my clients about. And yes, this is business coaching. This is a secret known to coaches and others who work with people who want to accomplish something. When we want to accomplish something – in business or elsewhere – we often get stopped or stuck. […]
The Habits of Excellence
Your quote for the week: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle It is easy to think there is some magic act that we might figure out and take that would change our lives and our results. But the truth is more mundane. For you may […]
The Problem in Communication
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” –George Bernard Shaw Think about the last conversation you had. The very last one. Was it with your spouse, your co-worker, your boss, your child? Do you believe it was a successful communication? Why or why not? As the Shaw quote […]
How to Change Other People
Surely this will be the most popular post I have ever written. Because this is what we are after, isn’t it? How to change other people? I know you have been told you can’t change others. I know you have heard it from the “experts,” like myself. But maybe it’s not entirely true. Consider the […]