I Hung Up the Phone and Just Started Sobbing
I told Jenny Dearborn that our story is the answer. She told me about an unexpected conversation with a nine year old boy. He has dyslexia. So does Jenny. Jenny Dearborn, SVP and… Continue reading
Category Archive: Personal Growth
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50% of Your Emotional Vocabulary is Negative
It’s easy to slip into the dark while grappling with performance issues and people problems. Nagging problems corrode optimism. Capacity for negative: Leaders have opportunity and capacity to become negative. Some have inclination.… Continue reading
How to Fight for Bright and Win
You’re always thinking about something. Often it’s negative. Dark is magnetic for at least three reasons: First, it’s likely you have a loud inner critic. Additionally, Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentimihalyi says, “… worrying is… Continue reading
A Failure at Kindness
Kindness, like most things, is easy until you get serious about it. I spent last week focused on kindness. It was a fiasco. It’s not that I’m unkind. You aren’t kind if all… Continue reading
Six Seconds to Win
You can’t give 100% effort 100% of the time. College football games are won by giving maximum focus and effort six seconds at a time. I watched James Franklin, head coach of Penn… Continue reading
How Your 18-Month-Self is the New You
The most challenging transition is letting go of the leader you used to be. Growing leaders aren’t who they used to be. How has your recent story — the last 18 months –… Continue reading