I’m writing this in September so I’m about three or four months ahead of the barrage of content that typically shows up in early January around “New Year! New You!” To be […]
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How to Read the Label When You’re Stuck Inside the Jar
We all know the feeling of struggling with a problem or decision where the solution seemed impossible for us, yet obvious when someone else pointed it out. I know I’m raising my […]
3 Principles That Got Me Through a Book Launch While I Had COVID
Imagine spending two years getting ready to share a body of work that you’re excited about and believe in, only to have to spend two of the most important weeks of the […]
🌊 Riding the Wave: An Actionable Guide to Deep Work and Sustaining Flow State💡
The current focus on organizational innovation and how to get teams to be more creative isn’t misplaced — a recent survey pegged creativity as the most in-demand skill for leaders. Yet creativity […]
6 Rules for Planning for a Major Milestone (Like Graduation or a Career Shift)
This time of year is ripe with warm weather and many of us coming off the back of some major life transitions. In you or your family it may look like a […]
Relaxing Into Risk
Most Thursday mornings you’ll find me in a co-working session with members of the Productive Flourishing Academy. Part of the routine in our coworking sessions is to start off with a word […]
Permission to Summer (Whatever That Means for You)
We’re probably all in need of a break about now. And there’s nothing like the heat of the summer months to underscore the point. Statistics confirm we’re overdue for a break. This […]
Owning Your Power at Any Age
Our culture glorifies youth. Even the word “old” is one we would prefer to avoid. Negative messages about age come at us our entire lives. Throughout my life, I have heard people […]
Self-Worth and the Floors and Ceilings Metaphor
I’d like to float the idea that self-worth is a fundamentally different thing from self-esteem or confidence. People talk about these ideas as if they were each one and the same. But […]
Strategies For Thriving In A Remote Workplace With ADD & ADHD
Learning earlier this year that I had Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) changed a lot for me. I finally realized that I was not a “bad worker” or didn’t have a “work ethic”. […]
10 Reasons You’re Procrastinating Right Now
Knowing what needs to be done is only part of the fuel that helps us move a project to finished. That doesn’t take into account all the underlying obstacles (many of our […]
Belonging Not Burnout
Belonging and meaning are at the core of heart-based leadership. But I never saw clearly how belonging could directly help fight burnout, until we offered a workshop on scaling back from burnout […]
5 Key Ways to Identify Your New Strengths in 2020
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. Starting March 13th of this year, the concepts of routine, consistency, and productivity evaporated from many people’s lives, including mine. (Side note: I […]
Have You Found Unexpected Opportunities During the Pandemic?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jacquette M. Timmons. Whew! 2020 has been quite the year, eh? I live in New York City, and we’ve been in quarantine since March. These […]
How to Use Your GATES to Make Your Project Easier
A few years ago I got an email from a reader — let’s call him Arnie — seeking advice on how to grow his (written) blog. In his email he mentioned that […]
How Success Packs Push Your Project to Done
In my experience, the chief reason people don’t finish their most meaningful projects is because they’re trying to do it alone. Given that the more a project matters to us, the more […]
Which Forms of Courage Do You See In Yourself?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Nancy Seibel, M.Ed., NCC, BCC. From the series’ earliest films to the latest and last, the Star Wars movies’ portrayals of courage have awed me […]
5 Questions to Make You Rethink Your New Year’s Resolutions
Psychologists agree that 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February (that’s next week, if you’re keeping track). And the social fitness network Strava is even more […]