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In the wake of the tragic events in Connecticut, I’ve been sharing these lyrics and song by David Wilcox. I wanted to also make sure it reaches those of you who read this blog because I believe his message is so important to life and leadership. While tragedies such as this tend to stop us in our […]
Have you ever felt like one of Dr. Doolittle’s “Push Me Pull You’s” with your past pulling you one way and your future attempting to pull you another? We all have things from our past that have held us back or kept us stuck. It can be painful and frustrating when we come up against something from our
We are all connected. We seem to be hearing that more and more these days. Yet do we really act like we believe it? We have been trained to think in a paradigm that has us focus on what separates us. Today’s world, for the most part, has been framed in a mechanistic model based
The very idea of holding someone to account tends to make people bristle with apprehension and fear regardless of whether they are the one holding or the one being held to account. We seem to have developed a belief that the purpose of holding someone to account is to make sure they know they did
We all have expectations of others and others have expectations of us. Sometimes we know exactly what is expected of us. Sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we do what is expected of us whether we like it or not. Sometimes we don’t. Yet whatever choices we make there will likely be consequences tied to how well
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Change happens one conversation at a time. Sure you need to take action to make anything happen. Yet the same thinking will likely beget more of the same in terms of both actions and results. So if you really want different results you have to start by changing how you think. That is where the
“In living, there is an unliving activity required. It is undoing what needs to remain in the past. Life requires us to live anew while unliving damage. It is in this unlife/life mix we live in a better way, growing and advancing our gifts.” Jon Mertz (aka @thindifference) from Creating an Unlife Life In his
I realize this may seem like an unusual statement. You may even think it sounds like a cop out. After all, isn’t doing the “wrong” thing instead of the “right” thing always somehow…well, wrong? Except integrity isn’t black and white. Some things may seem black and white when we look through our own lens –
The following is a guest post from Jann E. Freed, PhD, who is a leadership development and change management consultant with The Genysys Group. For more information, please see her website where she blogs about learning, leading, living, … sage-ing®. Change. The only constant is change. Change happens to everyone. Some changes are personal and some changes
My daughter came home from the second day of school yesterday and broke down in tears. She had made a mistake in the morning that resulted in upsetting some of the people in her class. …She was embarrassed. …She was angry with herself. …She was afraid people would be mad at her or not like
Do you or someone you know have a hard time saying “no”? “Yes” is certainly a much easier and more socially acceptable response, especially if you want to be perceived positively and/or as a team player. It can even feel good, at least in the moment you say it anyway. Unfortunately, saying “yes” to too many things
/strong>Have you ever considered you can stop a conversation without saying a word? Whether you know it or not, you have probably done so on more than one occasion. In fact, we all have. Your body language or facial expressions probably won’t be as obvious as it is in the image. In fact, to the outside
“We are a different class than the janitors. We have to run for office. We get attacked by our opponents…” SEN. Gary Siplin, Press Journal, March 25, 2012 This comment was in response to a bill that would require legislators to pay the same healthcare premiums as other FL state employees. Siplin, along with other
Is there something you have been wanting to speak up about? It could be to right a perceived wrong, to stick up for someone or even for yourself, to say the thing everyone is talking about behind the scenes but no one is willing to talk about publicly, or even an idea you have a
Over the last year I have been migrating to Apple products from PC’s and a Blackberry. I love them all, and will never go back. Yet it has nonetheless been frustrating to make the change. It’s a daily exercise in “who moved my cheese”. Of all the things I have had to adapt to though,
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