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LIFE OFF BALANCE, ON PURPOSE
Many years ago a client of mine gave me a copy of the book, “I Don’t Know How She Does It” by Allison Pearson, the story of one woman’s attempt to...
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR ATTITUDE LATELY?
All this talk about happiness and passion and purpose got me to thinking about what would happen if we fought for our bigness with the same gusto...
7 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW ABOUT INTUITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Decision-making and intuition are inextricably linked Intuitive Intelligence trumps both IQ and EQ Intuitive intelligence can be trained The more...
GOING THROUGH A BIG CHANGE? 5 THINGS TO MAKE YOUR HARD TIME EASIER
Change is hard. Transformation is hard. Hard is not relative. Hard is hard. Chemotherapy is hard. Getting laid off is hard. Bankruptcy is hard. An...
TO BE COURAGEOUS YOU MUST BE BOTH THE RULE AND EXCEPTION
Just because you’re strong doesn’t mean there won’t be times when you feel like a wimp. Just because you’re empowered doesn’t mean that there won’t...
AMBIVALENT ABOUT AMBITION
The title of this stock photo is, "Arrogant earnest woman defending her nation." Funny, not funny, that's not at all what I see. I see a confident,...
YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING YOU WANT
Heck, I’m an inspirational speaker and even I know that this is simply not true. It is, in fact, a lie. A fib. Hyperbole. You cannot do anything you...
THE AGE OF HAPPINESS
I did a quick search on Amazon. com which revealed that there are about 474K titles with the word ‘happy’ in them, while there are about half that...
YOUR COMPETITION IS IN YOUR HEAD
Two short stories you’ll probably relate to: When I was in seventh grade I ran for class president. Not only did I lose but I was decimated,...
YOU NEED ONLY ONE STEP TO CLARITY
Did you hear the one about the woman who fell flat on her face? Missing a 5-inch step, she broke her left ankle and her right foot, had a...
GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO HAVE A BAD DAY
There is something that needs to be said out loud, and I’ve been holding back, thinking that sooner or later I’d get over it. That hasn’t worked, so...
TO BE COURAGEOUS YOU MUST BE BOTH THE RULE AND EXCEPTION
On a good day, losing isn’t fun. On a bad day, losing can hurt, embarrass, anger, humiliate or shame us. Losing can fire up our fear, drum up our...