Are you still burning??? In the previous blog, I covered 2 of 4 lessons regarding how to stop burnout: #1: Stop and identify the specific source of the fire (remember: everything’s not burning) and #2: Drop into your Self, listening and paying attention to what matters to you (your voice, vision and values). (Want a refresher? read Part 1).
Before we move to lessons: #3: Roll and #4: Go, I want to emphasize something from lesson #2: The capital “S” is not a typo. The Self is you as a whole human being who embodies all the potential you were born with, all the capacities actualized and not yet actualized. The “self”, little ‘s’, is the one that judges, doubts, criticizes us. It’s the know-it-all, puny, little self. Tim Gallwey (The Inner Game of Work) when referring to these 2 selves says: Our best performance happens with the “self” is quiet and the “Self” is allowed to act.
#3: Roll. Move in a different direction. Break the Continue reading » »
Ahh, February, the Love month, host of Valentine’s Day. The day millions of us express our love with flowers, chocolates and those sugar hearts with goofy sayings. The day thousands will pop the question and become engaged.
If you’ve been engaged or just plain head-over-heels in love, I bet you can remember how great you felt: energized, empowered, able to leap tall buildings. All was right with the world. You may also recall when the bliss began to blister … Continue reading » »
Do you know how your values shape your performance? Do you know your values in a way that you can access them to help you reengage and be at your best? In this story my client gave me permission to share, you’ll hear how his values and his commitment to honor his word guided him. Here’s his story…
On an international flight from China, the captain’s voice woke us: “Will the doctors on board please press their call buttons.” Continue reading » »
Let’s be honest. In today’s volatile economy, foresight and planning are easily pushed aside in favor of reactively averting poisonous arrows and perilous moats. Those hazards continuously threaten us—and often appear from a surprise enemy. How many of us keep putting our foot on the gas and have not slowed down to finesse these dangerous conditions?
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We may not be able to control unforeseen events and demanding clients. What we can control is how we respond. It starts with arming ourselves with knowledge and confidence.
Knowledge begins by understanding the most common pressures our clients are facing: Continue reading » »
I love to study organizational environments. I am especially interested in opportunities to work for the same company at different locations. I often see one location succeeding, while another location is struggling. Since they are both operating under the same corporate vision and values, I find myself wondering about the drastic differences.
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