“Life has a way of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” Paulo Coelho My favorite “Mutts” cartoon shows a shelter dog patiently waiting all week to be adopted. Every day he says, “Today is the day,” and nothing happens, but he stillContinue reading “Leadership Lessons From Life’s Waiting Room”
Category Archives: Mindset
Today’s Super Skills: Having Constructive Conversations and Productive Disagreements
Having super skills (constructive conversations or productive disagreements) are important for your leadership toolkit and set you up for success. Some people are good at these types of conversations, some are fair (good sometimes and not so good other times) and others are terrible at them. If you are fair or terrible at them, youContinue reading “Today’s Super Skills: Having Constructive Conversations and Productive Disagreements”
Why We Need to Normalize Failure, It’s the Key to Success
We’ve come a long way from the shame of failure over the years: We don’t publicly shame failure like we did in the past, but we still haven’t normalized it.
We Are What We Do Repeatedly: How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything
When I first heard, “How You Do Anything is How You Do Everything”, I thought no that’s not true, but then I thought maybe it is true. What do you think? Is this statement true or false?
How to be Mentally Strong After a Loss
In the last blog post, I talked about pressure tests. They are the tests that come along in life to challenge us mentally, physically, spiritually, financially, and in our relationships and usually, they involve crises or loss in our lives.
Leadership Moments: Get Out of Your Own Way
“We have met the enemy and he is us” Walt Kelly, From the Pogo comic strip Do you find yourself tugged in two different directions? One direction is comfortable, safe, and known, but boring, tired, or done. The other direction is new, your next big move and scary! It means that you must make aContinue reading “Leadership Moments: Get Out of Your Own Way”
What Do You See When You Look in the Mirror?
What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see yourself as someone who can do, who is capable, big and brave, or someone who can’t, someone who is incapable, timid, and small?
Words Matter
“Recognizing that words have consequences, that choices made by people in power can have a direct impact, not just on behaviours, but on our very institutions, is an important thing…What we choose to say, what we choose not to say, how we say it, has consequences.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada, National Post, January 8,Continue reading “Words Matter”
BURNOUT
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), burnout was first linked with helping professions in the mid-1970s. Burnout has broadened beyond helping professions to other industries today. Burnout is a syndrome that includes: emotional exhaustion, disillusionment, and withdrawal. Symptoms include low energy, chronic fatigue, weakness, weariness, increased susceptibility to illness, frequent headaches, nausea, muscle tension,Continue reading “BURNOUT”
Leadership Seeds
By the time spring comes, most people are sick of winter. We get to shed our winter boots, bulky coats and clothing, and the gloom of winter. We look forward to springtime. It’s a time when we are ready for sunshine and something new-a time of planting seeds (seedtime) and creating beauty.
Leadership Mindset 