How to Use ‘Reframing’ to Reimagine Failure
When we fail at something, it can often be difficult to get back up and try again. This can keep us from reaching our highest potential. This is why they say if you fall off a horse, get right back on. It stops the fear of failure (getting thrown) from keeping us riding. So how […]
read more5 Good Reasons To Find Your “Why”
When I was young, I wondered, like all kids do (and adults too), what’s the meaning of my life? Why am I on this earth? I have found my “why.” Now let me share with you why you should find yours. Finding your purpose can be a powerful thing and it goes beyond the satisfaction of […]
read moreAre You Really Listening?
As I’ve shared in my courses on Emotional Intelligence, listening skills are very important to a person’s overall success. If you aren’t a good listener, you probably don’t have strong emotional intelligence which can limit your ability to be promoted, close a sale, or build a strong network. Let’s face it. Can you honestly say that […]
read moreTime Management vs Efficiency?
Time Management and Efficiency Go Hand-in-Hand Do you want to know the best time management system available? The answer: Choose ONE. I know this seems like a cop-out. But let’s face it. It’s like any gym membership. What’s the most expensive gym membership available? The one you never use. All time management systems have similar […]
read moreFear Setting- How to Eliminate Your Fear of Failure
Fear Setting- How to Eliminate Your Fear of Failure As I shared in “Fear of Failure Keeping You Down,” many of us business leaders/entrepreneurs have an innate fear of failure and believe that if things go wrong, we will be left without a way to bounce back and recover. True success actually requires failure – […]
read moreGetting into the Flow
What is Flow State? Have you ever been so engrossed in something that it was hard to step away? Have you ever found yourself pushed, inspired, and challenged to the point that you tuned out all else? I have felt that way myself when I am teaching a course, running a Spartan race, or traveling […]
read moreCan Becoming More Efficient Lower Stress?
Can Becoming More Efficient Lower Stress? It’s Thursday and your anxiety is at an all-time high. You haven’t been able to complete have the things on your to-do list and your boss keeps piling on the work. You find yourself jumping from one task to another because you are trying to get it all done, […]
read moreWhy Your Emotional Intelligence Is More Important than Your IQ
It has long been my professional mission to help others reach their highest potential. This isn’t possible if you aren’t maximizing the right “smarts.” Over the past 20 years, a growing body of evidence has amassed which suggests that emotional intelligence is important for business success than IQ. EI versus IQ As we all know, […]
read moreFear of Failure Keeping You Down?
I am terrified. I won’t kid you. In the past 10 years, I have been out of work three times, twice through being laid off. This last time, I decided that regardless of when I get my next job (and I am actively looking for the right organization), I needed to create something that will […]
read moreWhy Change is Inevitable
Whether we like it or not, the world and everything in it is constantly moving and changing. The cells in our bodies are dying and regenerating. The weather changes from day to day (even in supposedly sunny California). Life is not meant to be one big constant. It is meant to be experienced and lived […]
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