Here’s a conversation I bet you don’t have in meetings: “What are we most afraid of right now, and how is that fear shaping your decisions?” Most executives would rather discuss quarterly projections during a root canal than acknowledge fear’s role in their leadership. But after two decades of coaching C-suite leaders and surviving my […]
“Fear runs more boardrooms than any strategic plan. The question isn’t whether you’ll feel fear, you will. The question is: what will you do when you feel it?” – Jacqueline Wales Here’s something most leadership development gets catastrophically wrong: we’ve spent decades teaching people to be emotionally intelligent while completely ignoring the emotion that shapes […]
“Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill.” – Christopher Parker I’m just as guilty as the next person for putting off until tomorrow what really needs to be done today. It has compromised my creative life, my ability to stay organized, and my commitments to myself […]
“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future but from wanting to control it.” – Khalil Gibran In our modern world and economy where people consistently leave jobs, lose jobs, fear financial insecurity, and struggle with workplace issues that lead to burnout and exhaustion, we often find ourselves face to face with uncertainty […]
“The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates We all have a radio playing in our heads. But you have to ask…am I tuned to the right station? I call this the Yadda Yadda radio and you need to change the channel fast. Too many of us are tuned to the wrong station. We […]
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” – Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking. There is a secret that many people have that is never discussed and has a huge impact on the quality of our life. We fear being or becoming impoverished. I grew up […]
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” Stephen Covey When I moved to London from my home town in Scotland many moons ago, I spoke with a thick accent that was solidly based on our local language. “I didnae talk like awe these posh folks doon in London.” To my Scottish father the English were […]
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” – Muhammad Ali While standing on the platform at 181st Street in Manhattan waiting for the A train to take me downtown, I noticed someone had written on the grubby tile RISK. It felt like a message from an unknown entity. […]
“Except for our thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.” – Descartes Many of us speak harshly…to ourselves. In fact, if you stop to ‘think’ about what you say to yourself on a daily basis you’d be shocked. You have heard the expression “you are your own worst enemy.” That was me for a very long […]