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Episode 5-391: Prioritization Prioritization is an important skill to develop for both our professional and personal lives. When we take the time to prioritize and schedule it gives us the best chance to ensure that we are taking care of what matters most.  It also allows us to protect our time for the things that matter most to us. When you prioritize and schedule, be sure to leave some time for...

Episode 5-390: Leadership Self-Awareness In order to best lead others, it is important know ourselves.  Doing the work to gain self awareness, will help provide up a broader perspective regarding those we lead. When we have self-awareness, it will allow us to interact from an emotionally intelligent, rational, and objective perspective versus being led by assumptions and emotions.   www.petrinagoo...

Episode 5-389: Missed Opportunities Missed opportunities don’t equate to failure – but it does mean that you are not realizing the full potential in that moment.  Take some time to think about your missed opportunities and use those as motivators to help you to see opportunities more clearly in the future and to resolve to take advantage of them.   www.petrinagooch.com 2023 Book Publications: Lead...

Episode 5-388: Remain Relevant We should look for opportunities to remain relevant and add value in constantly changing circumstances. Embracing change doesn’t mean that we toss out or compromise our values. Change is necessary to maintain our values and our direction in a relevant way that takes advantage of new opportunities that are available to us. As you embrace the reality of constant change...

Episode 5-387 – Advice for Myself “To Show Up Open.” Show up ready to receive, ready to share, and ready to engage.  “Learn How To Learn, and Learn How You Best Learn.” Be a life long learner, there is always something new to learn and understand more deeply. “Take Action.” When we take action we build our courage and our confidence.  “Remember that change is part of life.” Changing your mind, cha...

Episode 5-386 – Be Discerning Sometimes people speak their thoughts and beliefs based on their experience instead of basing things on truth alone. When we are discerning, we don’t rush in – we consider our options critically. When we are discerning, we think before we decide to speak or take action.  Exercising discernment will help us make a greater percentage of good choices. 2023 Book Publicati...

Episode 5-385 – Words Words Matter – what we say and how we say it matters. Word choice, and tone of communication make a difference. This week, keep in mind the importance of your words.  When you share your words, you share a bit of your true self.  If you don’t like what you are sharing, it’s up to you to make a change. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics...

Episode 5-384: Make Yourself a Deal I had a psychology professor that shared the practice of making deals with oneself as a reinforcement and a reward to make progress in getting things done. Understanding that intention, effort, work, and sacrifice are all things that make a way to realize different opportunities is key to being able to make a deal with yourself. When we provide ourselves with a...

Episode 5-383: Seasons and Patience Today I was reminded that life comes in seasons and patience is required.  When we take time to be present in our current season of life, we give ourselves an opportunity live fully.  We can be so distracted that we actually miss out on the opportunity in our current season of life. This week, do your best to greet the present with patience, urgency, and engagem...

Episode 5-382: Lessons in Business Don’t allow emotion to make a decision on behalf of your rational mind. Learn from those with expertise – things are not always what they appear to be on the surface.   Business is personal – never forget it’s about relationship. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – a...

Episode 5-381: Check-Up, Check In Making time to get a check-up and making time for Check-ins is important.  A check-up provides some perspective on current circumstances and it also provides you to take a proactive or reactive stance. It is good for us to check in with our supervisor, peers, and those we are managing or leading. Checking In not only reinforces that a person is being seen, it also...

Episode 5-380: Relationships Matter In relationship, it’s important to intentionally make an effort to see things from a varied perspective.  Healthy relationships, allow us to share and challenge us to grow. This week think about all of the relationships you have in your life, and how those relationships might serve to make a positive difference in the lives of all those touched by the relationsh...

5-379: Great News - You Are Here! Have you ever seen one of those maps in a shopping center or amusement park? It has a big star or sticker saying you are here. When you know where you are it provides perspective and reference - it's a starting point. The weekend is a great time to spend time in thought and allow yourself some time to reset, and refocus. This weekend take some tome to imagine...

Episode 5-378: Your Normal is NOT My Normal An important lesson for leaders to learn is that what one person sees as normal or appropriate, may not be experienced as normal by others. Developing self-awareness and social awareness is an important skill. This week think about the experiences you have had that impact your perceptions and how those experiences may differ from those with whom you inte...

Episode 5-377: Attitude is a BIG Deal Attitude may not be everything, but it is a BIG deal and it impacts our ability to thrive.  Attitude also impacts what we attract and how we align. The good news is that attitude is a choice. The attitude you choose to have and maintain is all up to you.  No one can force an attitude on you that you do not allow. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading O...

Episode 5-376: Relationship Basis What’s the basis of your relationships and how does that inform how you interact with others and the opportunities that come your way? Cultivating good relationships is part of a successful leaders honed skills and abilities. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – availa...

5-375: Be Careful of Filling In the Blanks Filling in the blanks is a great skill when it comes to crossword puzzles.  However, filling in the blanks in life situations maybe not be as beneficial.  We need to be careful about assumptions and about utilizing limited frames of reference when they don’t allow us to progress with reasonable certainty.  Being careful to avoid filling in the blanks when...

5- 374: Paying Dues or Paying It Forward I've always found it interesting when senior leaders want others in succession to pay their dues. Don't get me wrong, I am not against experiential learning but I am about doing better when you know better. When you have an opportunity to lead, mentor, teach, and nourish, be the leader your protege needs to thrive. Use your experience not as a badge, but as...

Episode 5-373: Do You Know What You Want? Sometimes we focus on the wrong things with good intentions. This can lead to asking the wrong questions and creating confusion that diverts us away from what we really wanted.  Are you asking for information you need?  Do you provide context for understanding. Practice communicating so that you cannot be misunderstood. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self...

Episode 5-372: Inconsistencies Sometimes we want things in our jobs or personal lives, but we aren't consistently doing the prep work needed to effectively manage the things we want in life.  When we do our prep work, we enable ourselves to operate from a place of consistency with the direction we want to go. When we do the prep work, we build the capacity and skills to progress forward with confi...

Episode 5-371: What Doesn’t Kill You Can Make You Stronger There's a saying that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and I agree with that to some extent.  Some people do get exasperated by hard things and they allow those hard things to stop them and worse yet define them in the valley of experience.  However, when we choose to see circumstances as things that can and will change, we can lea...

Episode 5-370: What Do You Have to Give Sometimes we can get so focused on what we think lack, that we can incorrectly assume we have nothing to give or that what we do have to give will not matter.  This week be encouraged in all of the ways you take action to give.  In your giving, you will also receive. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and...

Episode 369: Life Tips and Hacks Write things down, it creates space in your brain to think and process Stop All of Nothing Thinking – it’s not realistic. Stop relating past experiences to future outcomes. Instead take inventory of the things you have learned that can help change your direction and your outcome. Be resourceful, keep possibilities alive. Working on habits – breaking them or creatin...

Episode 5-368: Life Isn't a Straight Line The other day I was in a seminar session and the presenter made a statement that lucky breaks often come after life detours and that life isn't a straight line for anyone. this caused me to reflect on some recent conversations and thoughts I recently had and that I'd like to share. First was a comment a friend share with me that was wisdom from...

Episode 5-367 We All Make Mistakes – the best relationship advice I ever received was not to hold other people to an unobtainable standard of perfection.  What we do after the mistake really matters. Even in our shortcomings, we can be leaders and teachers, if we are intentional. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Profess...