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How to liberate yourself from meaningless communication
Never miss a good chance to shut up. - Will RogersWhether in the work world of leadership, collaboration and teamwork, or in our personal lives (24/7 news, social media, and family life), effective...
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Warning: you need some change
"We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities disguised as insoluable problems." - John W. GardnerIn my own experience working with leaders and teams, there are some clear indicators...
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The leadership mistake you don't know you're making and seven ways to fix it
"It's only by saying 'no' that you can concentrate on what is really important." - Steve Jobs When faced with a messy project, looming deadline or overdue deliverable within your team, how often do...
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The Art of Being Yourself
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else." -- Judy GarlandIn this world we live in as leaders (and yes, I mean you), there is a huge drive to be...
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Three lessons Spring can teach us about change
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. - Rainer Maria RilkeWhere I live, it's spring. Or I should I say, Spring, finally. One of the things I appreciate about living in a...
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What will you stand for?
What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does. - Bill Moyers (Warning: my old public health geek-self is going...
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How to work with the nay-sayers in your head
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~William Shakespeare You're launching a new project. You're a new committee member on a high profile initiative. You've agreed to take...
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How to get more done by doing less
It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. - Steve Jobs It seems to be the mantra everywhere lately - do more, be more, produce more, create more....!It...
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Why being selfish might actually help you save the world
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. -- Etty HillesumI'm taking a one day retreat today. Six whole hours of solitude, non-doing, and quiet....
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Feel the fear and do it anyway
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you in better living quarters. -- RumiThe leaders and teams I work with are up to big things. They have a vision, they want good things to...
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On loss, life and becoming who you are
When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature. - Wayne Muller Ten years ago this week, I...
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Hold, please.
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. - Emerson It happens to all of us. Making a call recently, I got put on hold, and the thought occurred to me: How...
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Redecorating vs. remodeling your life
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo TolstoyPeople coach with me for all kinds of different reasons and outcomes, personal and professional.But one thing...
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Why do smart leaders fail?
Our feelings are our most genuine path to knowledge. -- Audre Lorde How many times have you experienced this? The brilliant colleague who can't seem to connect with others. The know-it-all...
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Construction ahead: How to deal with the discomfort of change
"One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts."—Albert EinsteinAs we are developing new...
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Finding faith and trust (even when you are gripped by fear)
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. - Henry Ward Beecher As a do-gooder, you're always up to something. Usually something pretty...
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What will you risk?
Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back. - Babe RuthAs we get farther along our journey as leaders, and really start to express ourselves, our vision and our purpose, it's not uncommon to...
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The truth about problems
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. – Buddha Scenario 1: You wake up, groggy, in a fog. As you come to consciousness, you think of your day ahead. Tense budget meetings at work,...
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The gifts of not getting what you want
“A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect.”― Jonathan Lockwood Huie Three weeks ago, I had a job interview. I didn't get the job.It doesn't actually wreck the story to tell you this...
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How to create a way out of no way
Life is a sum of all your choices. - Albert CamusHow many times in the past week have you said or thought some version of this sentence?"I'd love to do x, but I just don't have enough y."Such as:"I'd...
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