I have always been great at testing. There was something about the preparation and pressure of tests that got my adrenaline pumping and allowed me to attack them with complete focus and attention. I knew my stuff! When I put the stake in the ground to start my own coaching business and give it two years to turn [...]
Many of my clients feel the Imposter Syndrome and this recent Thrive Global (to which I’m a contributor) has some great ways to stop letting feelings of self-doubt prevent you from reaching your potential. What can start as a quiet, nagging voice in the back of your head telling you-you're not qualified for a job [...]
"The problem with communication...is the illusion that it has been accomplished." ~George Bernard Shaw I have been in the business of coaching for almost 17 years and whenever anyone asks me, what is the number one thing I coach on, I tell them regardless of the reason I’m hired, it frequently comes down to how to communicate [...]
“I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.” -- Bill Richardson Most of you are aware by now that I work with a change and innovation model called The Bigger Game. I even wrote a book about it. The word “Game” [...]
“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.”-- Anne Sweeney I recently joined a new mastermind group and they’ve been stretching me to seriously evaluate what the next steps are that I must take to up my game in both my professional and [...]
A few months back on The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the Broadway musical Hamilton that won 11 Emmys, was talking about how he was bringing the musical to Puerto Rico, where his parents are from, for three weeks and donating all the money to arts organizations in Puerto Rico. At that time, it had been over two years [...]
“Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet with a smile on your face in the middle of a universe that contains a million ways to crush you.” ― J.Z. Colby Let’s talk about personal power. I use the term power frequently in my work. Power in authenticity, power in using one’s voice, stepping into your power, [...]
I love the Oscars. The dresses. The interviews. The songs. The reactions. The heartfelt thank-yous. I also wait for the blunders. I learn some of my greatest lessons from blunders and Jennifer Lawrence taught me one of my biggest lessons. She taught me how to recover from anything. In 2013 at the Oscar ceremony, some of you may remember [...]
How many times have we asked someone “How are you?” hoping that we don’t get more than a one-word response such as “Fine” or “Good”? How often do we just continue to walk on and not stop to acknowledge the person answering—or perhaps asking—the question, just so we’ll be able to continue with whatever we [...]
It has been a challenge in today’s world to remain open to others opinions and to try to understand their perspective. When I hit a wall in being able to “seek first to understand, THEN to be understood,” I read this poem by Rumi and it gives me a different perspective on others views and [...]