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Episode 4-366: Holding On Is Holding On Holding You Back? Maybe it’s a habit, a belief, a person. Maybe it’s a circumstance you’ve grown used to. These are limiting beliefs and it’s important we identify them and label them for ourselves and others so that we can move on from them.  2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Prof...

Episode 365: Expect the Unexpected Today marks one episode for each day of the year! Thank you all for being a part of this initially unexpected milestone. In all aspects of our lives thing will happen and will not always go as planned. When we plan and remain open to expect the unexpected, it will provide us foundation and agility to live fully while continuing to learn and grow. 2023 Book Public...

Episode 4-364 One Bite at a Time – Perseverance I’ve heard the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.  Getting things done, especially the challenging things, the hard things, charting your course forward, is about perseverance and drive. 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Am...

Episode 4-363: What Do You See, What Do You Hear Being Aware is a huge part of personal development and growth. What you see and what you fail to see can make a huge difference in how you progress. Likewise, what you hear and what you fail to hear can impact how you progress in life. Slow down and take as much of it in as you can. Look at things from different angles to enhance your awareness of y...

Episode 4 – 362 Being You Being You is Important, because it allows you to be your best self…eventually.  When we try to mimic others it can feel uncomfortable and just not fit. It seems many highly successful people have figured out that being their authentic self and continuing to work on personal growth, is a game changer! 2023 Book Publications: Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topi...

Episode 4-361: Control Can Be A Good Thing Sometimes control gets a bad rap, but I think it’s a good thing.  Control can be very beneficial to leading a fulfilling life, especially if it is utilized as a guide to help us remined steered toward and focused on our goals. Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon...

Episode 4-360: Spread Your Seeds Anyway In honor of Father's Day, I'll share a lesson I learned from my Father, and that is to "spread your seeds anyway." When you have something to share and the ability to share it, share it! Avoid getting worried, about how what you share will be used. Recognize your ability and responsibility to share and move on. When we share it allows thing...

Episode 4-359: Commitment and Decisions What decisions have you made and how committed to them are you? Really – how committed? Are you wiling to sacrifice for your decision? Commitment is a decision that requires us to maintain focus, sacrifice, and stick to the goal. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Te...

Episode 4-358:  Keep your Lid on – Avoid the garbage of others Good advice from a senior executive around time management, priorities, and maintaining perspective and focus on what matters – some people like to dump their garbage on you – let them keep it! Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership...

Episode 4-357 How do you choose to see change? As a new beginning or ending.  As leaders and influencers, how we choose to respond to change can influence how those around us respond to change. Saying Goodbye can be hard for both parties. Saying Goodbye with respect is important. Lesson learned. Life is short, change is constant, we can choose to be nice or nasty - Be Nice! Being Nasty is selfish...

Episode: 4-356: Does the truth offend you? Does the Truth Offend you? Sometimes truth means change is needed.  Truth unveils consequences and eliminates ignorance. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon and Kindle LiftOff to Landing – Revealing Stor...

Episode: 4-355: The importance of attitude and what you bring. Special Shout out to all my professional colleagues at #SHRM23 #SHRM2023 #LasVegas Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon and Kindle LiftOff to Landing – Revealing Stories of Strangers i...

Episode 4-354: It’s Up to You You need to plan your life around you – you are the constant in your life. In community, you are you, in relationship you are you. We certainly change over time, but you are still you.  We can’t control others – no matter how hard we try.  We can control ourselves, our attitudes, and our behavior.  Being in control of self is something we can intentionally evolve to o...

Episode 4-353: Stop Making It So Difficult Sometimes we make things more difficult than they need to be. Ask if it serves to move you forward, backward, or keep you at a standstill and decide with that knowledge. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amaz...

Episode 4-352: Playing it Safe Playing it safe may be an obstacle to reaching your potential.  There are people who follow the rules because they need them as a guide to function and some because they need them as a reference point from which to expand.  The first group the play it safe group.  This approach works for learning, but not so much for big breakthrough if you want to reach your potenti...

Episode 4- 351 Feelings Feelings…nothing more than feelings.  How are your feeling?  Did how you were feeling change at anytime over the past few days or hours?   That is the thing about feelings – they can change.  Go deeper than feelings.  Choose how you want to feel and work toward that goal. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring...

Episode 4-350: Navigation, Direction, Advice Truth can be hard, but no matter how we choose to see – or not see something, it doesn’t change truth.  What's your life GPS telling you? Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon and Kindle LiftOff to L...

4-349 – Time, Trial, Trouble Avoidance What do you resort to and why not prioritize that in the first place if it is so powerful?  Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon and Kindle LiftOff to Landing – Revealing Stories of Strangers in Flight – Flig...

4-348 – Where’s your Focus in Relationship Where’s your focus in relationships – is it about you? If so, that may be the wrong focus. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon and Kindle LiftOff to Landing – Revealing Stories of Strangers in Flight – F...

4-347: Are you Engaged? Engagement can be like a rollercoaster. Taking time to be conscious of your level of engagement and how you are contributing and growing, just may be a key to living a fulfilled life. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon an...

4-346 – Are you responsible for your happiness? Yes! Many times whether it be in professional or personal life, people find themselves looking for something external to make them happy and maintain their happiness.  While it is true that external circumstances impact our thoughts and behaviors, how those thoughts and behaviors manifest is really up to each of us as individuals. Book Releases: http...

4-345 – MEMORIAL DAY: Holidays help us to remember and to regain focus.  They also remind us that we are all in this relationship of humanity together. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Team Leadership and Professional Growth – available on Amazon and Kindle LiftOff to Landing – Revealing Stories of Stran...

4-344 – Gratitude in Tough Times Gratefulness can help us get through difficult times and see the benefit of our life experiences. What are you grateful for? Think about it.  Now is as good a time as any to practice gratitude for yourself and for those around you – and perhaps for those who will be a part of your future. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Lea...

4-343 – The Capacity to be Empathetic Do you really have the capacity to be empathetic?  We sometimes don’t think of empathy as being hard, It can feel natural and innate, but sometimes, being empathetic requires a great amount of energy, awareness, and intentionality. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.com/author/petrinagooch⁠⁠ Leading Self, Leading Others – 20 Inspiring Topics for Personal and Te...

4-342 - The Importance of Preparation When we are prepared it helps us to handle things.  Preparation allows us to think and work through things. Preparation is illumination for our path forward. Preparation is also a barometer Preparation is an opportunity to learn, and to grow, and to be intentional about your impact and influence when interacting with others. Book Releases: https://www.amazon.c...