Stop pretending to be stuck!
Successful people think differently. I’ve been fascinated by this since my first summer selling knives in college. As an 18-year old, my manager was Earl. He was scrappy, driven, a visionary, and self-professed redneck from East Tennessee. How he talked and worked disrupted the encouragement I’d received to get good grades, go to college and […]
4 Common Behaviors of Overwhelmed Business Owners
I hear the truth about entrepreneurial struggles on a regular basis. My job provides a safe, confidential space for business owners to talk about what’s really going on. And often it sounds like, “I’ve never said this out loud before…” Yes, being an entrepreneur comes with many perks and freedoms, exactly why many of us […]
Practicing what I preach – sigh
At the beginning of this year, I made the decision to take a 6-month hiatus from alcohol. I’ve run across the term “sober curious”, and it aligns nicely with this journey. There were many contributing factors to that choice, yet mostly the desire to become aware of and remove self-imposed obstacles to my fulfillment and […]
Your brain IS working against you
Earlier this month I spoke at a conference in Indianapolis and someone asked the question, “Why is it so hard to change habits?” We’ve all felt it…you want to try something new, like ordering the salad but the familiar lure of the greasy cheeseburger immediately has you in its grips. Ok, this is a simple […]
From the master himself
My last email about breaking up with discipline and exchanging it for dedication resulted in SO MANY comments in my inbox! Thank you for the feedback and letting me know how deeply it resonated with you. (If you missed it, click here to read.) That was an example of how making a small shift in […]
Why I’ve ditched the word “discipline”
Have you ever wanted to break up with a word? For some it’s pronunciation, like moist. (I can see some of you cringing.) It might be in spelling, like quinoa…can anyone spell this without autocorrect? And it can be in the definition. For me, it’s the word “discipline”. As I look over Merriam Webster’s definitions […]
Did you know this about emotions?
How well do you understand your own emotions? That might seem like a strange question to begin with, but understanding our emotions is a key component of self-awareness. And according to a study at Cornell University, self-awareness is the number one predictor of executive success. Here’s the thing, we all have patterns of emotions and […]
One thing that high achievers do remarkably well
When business owners and leaders come to me looking for a coach, it’s usually because their pursuit of success doesn’t feel good right now and they don’t know why. The thing that high achievers do remarkably well is succeed. It’s a gravitational pull that feels normal to them and when it’s not there it’s extremely […]
You haven’t blown it yet!
You’ve heard the saying, “People overestimate what they can accomplish in a day and underestimate what they can accomplish in a year.” The last few years, I’ve had an annual practice of applying this spirit to a reflection and visioning exercise. It began in 2020, (which was a hell of a year). It seemed like […]
Have you ever heard of “spoon theory”?
I was introduced to the topic through an emerging leader I mentored. In a group discussion, she casually threw out the phrase and immediately all of us in the virtual meeting were googling and firing questions to learn more. The concept deeply resonated. The phrase was coined in 2003 by Christine Miserandino as a way […]