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When You Lose Yourself

There’s a joyful side to losing yourself and there’s a corrosive side. Achievement corrodes identity when you lose yourself to work. You dilute yourself into a title; self-worth is measured in perks and… Continue reading

The Goldilocks Paradox: When Stress is Just Right

Stress doesn’t kill you, what you believe does.

When you think stress is bad for you – it is.

When you think stress brings out your best – it does.

There’s research…

4 Tools for Self-Reflection Every Leader Needs

Self-reflection enables self-discovery. You must know yourself before you can enjoy giving yourself to the world. Apart from self-reflection conformity is self-destructive. “If you are not self-reflective, how can you truly know yourself?… Continue reading

PERMA – 5 Elements to Thrive

Positive psychology isn’t happy talk. Positive psychology concerns itself with things that cause people to flourish. I couldn’t list the 5 elements necessary to thrive during a coaching conversation yesterday (PERMA). I decided… Continue reading

Saturday Sage: 7 Steps to Blow-up Logjams

In the early days of logging, specialized loggers called River Pigs pushed, pried, and pulled logs off rocks and debris to prevent logjams. On June 13, 1886, a log jam developed in the… Continue reading

7 Marks of Mentors Who Change Lives

The mentors who changed my life chose me. I didn’t choose them.

Eventually you learn the first principle for gaining wisdom. You don’t have it.

Here are 7 marks of great mentors. Seek one. Be one.

When wisdom knocks, open the door.