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Do you have the right people in the right seats?
Do you ever feel like you don’t fit? You don’t fit this job, or this work assignment, or this shirt? The feeling is pretty common. Over time you have developed...
Meaningful Pursuits
Today is day three of discussing Brandon Burchard’s Primary Aspiration Theory. The enclosed drawing is a triangle with the lines of Aliveness, Deeper Connection, Meaningful Pursuits and Growth in the...
Aliveness
- Category: Uncategorized
Last week I pictured Brandon Burchard’s Primary Aspiration Theory – a triangle with the lines of Aliveness, Deeper Connection, Meaningful Pursuits and Growth in the middle. I focused on the...
The value of deeper connection
According to Brandon Burchard, Vistage National Speaker and author of High Performance Habits, people have 3 aspiration needs: Aliveness, Deeper Connection and Meaningful Pursuits. Since this is a holiday weekend,...
Get old? No way.
- Category: Living Well, Personal Development, Uncategorized
For all I knew, my Grandparents were born old. They dressed formally, walked painfully and corrected me frequently. In our lifetime, healthy 70 year olds have living parents in their...
“Thank You” Day
- Category: Leadership, Living Well, Overcome Obstacles, Uncategorized
Thank you to all the nurturers out there, especially the Mothers. Thank you to those who saw and appreciated us for who we were, and encouraged us to keep going....
Fragile balance
- Category: Company Culture, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Management Focus
This rock may have balanced for centuries near the Mobius Arch on the road to Whitney Portal in the Eastern Sierra. When we stopped to take a quick hike,...
One smile
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
How does it feel to turn 98 years old? Ask my Aunt Ruth. Today is her birthday. She knew I was coming yesterday and bringing a cake to the house...
What is required of me to be of service here?
- Category: High Performance Teams, Leadership, Management Focus, Teams, Uncategorized
Reviewing Brendon Burchard’s High Performing Habits with my KEY group this week, a mindshift happened in the group. Burchard had spent over a decade researching what motivates people to perform...
Finding a creative outlet
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One of the ways to address the stress of a world we cannot control is put time into a creative outlet. Perhaps you can do it every day, like cooking...
Being a light
- Category: Leadership, Living Well, Personal Development, Uncategorized
Do you start your day setting an intention? Something like: “Today, I will be grumpy, mean and an all around disruptor.” Or “My kids didn’t sleep, so I didn’t sleep,...
Kindness still matters
- Category: Company Culture, Leadership, Uncategorized
Twice in the last week, I gave a tip when I didn’t have to. I was surprised at the reaction. A delivery driver was so unexpectedly grateful and a counter...
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