Growth and Change

3 hard learned lessons about moving forward after failure

Learn how to identify your everyday beliefs and see how they may propell you forward or hold you back

I love the first of year. We all get so fired up about our lofty goals and about new initiatives waiting to be conquered! Indeed, there’s a LOT of fanfare around goal-setting at this time of year. However, something equally as important, is rarely, if ever, spotlighted: NEW, CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS! Sometimes a unique, new partnership […]

Is Santa Claus real? Yes, I’m 41 years old and I’m asking other adults if Santa Claus is real. Before you answer, consider this: How do you answer this question when your child (or any child, for that matter) looks at you with big eyes and asks an “honest” question, expecting an “honest” answer? I was having […]

It astonishes me. Each and every time it happens, I’m amazed when other people do it. And I know that I’ve been guilty too. You plan to do something. Sometimes, you even pay good money to get information, resources or tools; and then you don’t use them. It doesn’t matter if it’s something you’re doing […]

How many new systems, protocols, rollouts, or even workouts are slated to begin the first of the year? Sounds like a great idea, right? There are so many rational explanations for this type of thinking, such as: Start the year off on the right foot! Let’s just wait until the first of the year when there won’t be as […]

I went on my Monday walk with my daughter this morning.  It was a brisk 24 degrees, an unusually cold day for this time of year.  Before we left on our journey, I bundled my little girl up so tightly she could barely put her arms down. As we walked out to the garage, she […]

Your success today may actually be giving your future a strangling choke-hold. In fact, I would argue that your past success may be your biggest threat for a bright future. Sounds counterintuitive, I know. The problem is that success breeds contentment and satisfaction. It causes us to feel like we “made it.” And that is […]

I remember when I first took the helm of a leadership company back in the late 90’s. I knew exactly how I wanted things to operate and I wanted them to be perfect! For years, I took pride in the attention I gave to detail and to getting things completed correctly, and I would use […]

Wanderlust is the strong desire to travel and explore the world. I have to admit, I have been bitten by the bug and have spent the past 17 months on an epic adventure on the West Coast. The reasons for embarking on the journey were many as I noted in a previous article, “Why I […]