Focusing on what I have to be grateful for is my antidote for the dark places my thoughts can take me when I become discouraged and am feeling helpless about affairs of the world and humanity. To keep my mindset in check I make note of the things I’m grateful for. I count my blessings […]
Growing Your Internal Gratitude
I really like what the Harvard Medical School says about gratitude: a thankful appreciation for what an individual receives, whether tangible or intangible. With gratitude, people acknowledge the goodness in their lives… As a result, gratitude also helps people connect to something larger than themselves as individuals—whether to other people, nature, or a higher power1. […]
Gratitude & Leadership
Over the last few weeks, I have taken some time to ponder my why and to live fully alive. The funeral or celebration of life for a community leader who died much too young stirred me, leading me to this discernment process. Then, within the next week, another dynamic community leader also died far too […]
Leadership Resilience – The Art of Bouncing Back
As a fan of Brené Brown’s work, I’m grateful for how her work has facilitated my reframing of what I have viewed as failures, allowing me to see how these experiences have formed my character and backbone as an authentic leader. It’s a struggle, at times, feeling as if it’s culturally counterintuitive to not feel […]
Perspective Is Everything When We Fear Failure
In our culture failure has been given a negative stigma. Instead, we should embrace failure as something to strive for when leading to the edge of our capacity and to be our best selves. Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World said: “Throughout history, the great originals have been the ones who failed […]
The Great Leadership Opportunity: Your Fear of Failure
Recently we’ve been discussing perseverance. You can persevere but, as a leader, is there more to consider? Many of the remarkable leaders I work with demonstrate perseverance yet suffer in silence with their fear of failure, taking a toll personally and professionally. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a look at a variety of […]
Can You Develop Perseverance?
It was confusing to me when realized that I have limits and boundaries to my perseverance because I felt like, yes!, I am someone who perseveres. This realization came when I was introduced to the Strengths Strategy model of coaching and came to deeply understand how all of my 34 strengths come into play in […]
The Gift of Receiving Feedback
Following the last few blogs on Creating Cultures of Trust, I think about an overlooked aspect of the trust dynamic—our openness to courageously offer honest feedback and receive feedback as a gift that helps us to be the best versions of ourselves. With the strengths package that I was given I feel compelled, at times, […]
Happiness Can Be A Choice
During the holidays the illusion that people are happy and family gatherings are a joyous time is the ideal that sells. It’s all over social media and marketers capitalize on it. Although there are many fortunate people for whom this is true, this is not the reality for a large number of people who experience […]
The Mindset of an Effective Leader
I find myself frequently being drawn back to and exploring the Growth Mindset, a concept that has been around for years. My Strengths lens attracts me to concepts and ideas that serve me in being more self-aware and improving myself. It’s the way I’m wired and it’s a never ending process. I am beckoned to […]
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