Do You Have A Couple Of Minutes

This is always a busy time of year for me and I am sure for many of you. And while there is not a convenient time to be under the weather, this is an especially inconvenient time.  However, I found myself this at less than 100% over the holidays, I'd say less than 50%. So, I was faced with the importance of showing up and the importance of rest, a familiar dilemma.  While I chose rest, f...

Don't Forget about the November challenge.  Let's do the following five things daily: Compliment yourself, two minutes of gratitude, five minutes of goal focus, give someone a compliment or express gratitude toward them, celebrate you! Lets talk about your forward momentum being positively impacted by help from others. The reality of success is that as much solo work as we must put in, succes...

Mistakes are part of our life journey.  We should try to avoid as many mistakes as we can  by learning from others, Some experiences are are rites of passage for maturity and understanding, so it is necessary we learn through some mistakes on our own. It's OK to make a mistake, as long as we are learning from them and progressing forward. #DoYouHaveACoupleOfMinutes #Think #Learn #Grow #Fulfilled #...

When given the opportunity or task to take on unfamiliar or new responsibilities, seek counsel from others experienced in the task.  We can learn from the experience and mistakes of others.  Learning from others, allows us to excel even higher and it helps to protect us and those around us. #DoYouHaveACoupleOfMinutes #Think #Learn #Grow #Fulfilled #Experience #Circumstances #Mentors #Confidence #S...

We often need to find a path to get along with people who we may not be aligned with in terms of our thoughts, beliefs, and values.  When in misalignment take inventory of why the misalignment exists and how important it is.  Also, consider that we all have the free will to express ourselves and to make decisions for ourselves.  Sometimes we must agree to disagree respectfully, and...

When Making Decisions Keep the End in Mind.  Be discerning so that the expected outcome is what results, versus an unintended consequence.  Don't take the easy way out, take time to do the work. In this episode we talk about making short-term decisions with undesired long term consequences, versus making decisions that best serve our long term strategy. #DoYouHaveACoupleOfMinutes #Think...

November Challenge 2022 - Remember to give yourself a compliment, 2 minutes of gratitude, 5 minutes of goal focus, give someone else a compliment or show them appreciations, and take some time to celebrate you today! Are you Managing Your Frame of Reference?  Today's topic is around the impact of a frame of reference and being intentional about managing what you can.  Our experiences and...

Remember the November Challenge! Can you be your best and be authentic without compromise.  That is the topic we discuss today.  Becoming our best selves is an evolution.   #DoYouHAveACoupleofMinutes #Best #Authentic #Personaldevelooment #mentor #coach #leadership #Listen #Inspire #Encourage #sponsor #Advise #Develop #NovemberChallenge #Thanksgiving #ShowUpOpen #Think #Learn #Grow #...

Don' forget our November challenge of doing these five things daily: Compliment yourself, 2 minutes of gratitude, 5 minutes of goal focus, give someone a compliment or show them appreciation, celebrate you! Recently, I was consulting with some people on some workplace relational dynamics and I was reminded of how little things and word choice make a big difference.  In this situation, a well...

Reminder of our November Challenge - Compliment yourself daily, two minutes of gratitude daily, five minutes of goal focus daily, give someone a compliment or share your appreciation for them, celebrate yourself. Let's talk about checking our dashboards.  Dashboards are all the rage in running business so that we can see what is going on.  Of course, we are likely initially familiar with...

Reminder of our November Challenge - Compliment yourself daily, two minutes of gratitude daily, five minutes of goal focus daily, give someone a compliment or share your appreciation for them, celebrate yourself. Sometimes we unknowingly let our past limit us.  So it is important to take inventory of our circumstances in order to let go of limitations from our past.  Our minds are a powe...

Reminder of our November Challenge - Compliment yourself daily, two minutes of gratitude daily, five minutes of goal focus daily, give someone a compliment or share your appreciation for them, celebrate yourself. I've always tried to see things from various angles.  I think this is because it helped me to understand things a bit more, including understanding that a circumstance or situation m...

Reminder of our November Challenge - Compliment yourself daily, two minutes of gratitude daily, five minutes of goal focus daily, give someone a compliment or share your appreciation for them, celebrate yourself. Yesterday, I talked a bit about sailing and steering the ship, however, a big component of sailing has to do with the conditions of the wind and the condition and positions of the sails....

Reminder of our November Challenge - Compliment yourself daily, two minutes of gratitude daily, five minutes of goal focus daily, give someone a compliment or share your appreciation for them, celebrate yourself. Small Changes can have big impact.  Think of how a rudder on a ship impact the ship or how someone steering a car causes it to go one way or another. These are great metaphors for li...

The November Experiment - Five Daily Practices: Compliment yourself, two minutes of gratitude, five minutes of goal focus, compliment or appreciate someone, celebrate you. On My Mind - Use the Present! Have you ever received a gift and failed to use it? It doesn't invalidate the gift, the gift becomes an unused opportunity. I think COVID and technology have given us some gifts of connection and co...

Reminder about the November Experiment.  for the month of November let's try to do the following five things daily: Compliment yourself, two minutes of gratitude, five minutes of goal review, give someone a compliment or show them appreciation, and celebrate yourself. Continuing our November theme of 'On My Mind,' I thought Ii would share something that comes to mind every time I eat a banana...

Don't forget our November Daily Challenge: The Experiment - Compliment yourself, 2 Minutes of Meditation, 5 Minutes of Goal Focus, Give a Compliment or Show Gratitude to someone, Celebrate Yourself! And this is milestone episode #200!!  Thanks to each and everyone of you for your support and for sharing the podcast with others.  Together let's continue to inspire, and help others to thin...

I hope you are joining with me in a daily self compliment, 2 minutes of gratitude, 5 minutes of goal focus, appreciation/compliment of others, and self celebration. Let's continue our focus on various topics that have come to mind, with the topic: Are you choosing to stay angry. I want to share the 90 Second rule with you that I recently learned.  It will help you manage your physical emotion...

I hope you are joining with me in a daily self compliment, 2 minutes of gratitude, 5 minutes of goal focus, appreciation/compliment of others, and self celebration. Let's continue our focus on various topics that have come to mind, with the topic "Hanging On, Letting Go" In life sometimes we have to hang on and sometimes we have to let go.  It's important that we know our "why" and we know th...

I hope you are joining with me in a daily self compliment, 2 minutes of gratitude, 5 minutes of goal focus, appreciation/compliment of others, and self celebration. Let's continue our focus on various topics that have come to mind, with the topic 'Are You Ready?"  Ready, Aim, Fire...Are you ready? Do you have a habit of getting ready so you are prepared for what comes your way? So you are pre...

I hope you are joining with me in a daily self compliment, 2 minutes of gratitude, 5 minutes of goal focus, appreciation/compliment of others, and self celebration. This month I plan to focus on various topics that have come to mind.  I hope you will find value in the things that will be shared. Today, let's talk about what you are practicing.  We sometimes think of practice that is some...

For the month on November, I'd like us to try a little experiment.  Let's try to do the following things daily.   - Daily Self Compliment  - 2 Minutes of Gratitude - 5 Minutes of Goal Focus - Appreciate Someone or Give a Compliment - Celebrate You - give yourself some gratitude, a treat of something you like to do or enjoy, even celebrate doing the experiment! If you forget or miss...

Let's have some more real talk today.  For me it has been a super long and exhausting week.  I am looking forward to the weekend to get some more things done.  But you know what I did to help me make it through?  I took some time to pause.  When we pause, we take a moment with the intention of staying on track and picking right back up where we started.  What we do in...

Who are you really?  What do you want to be known for?  It takes intention and effort to really know yourself.  Sure it is easy to figure out likes and dislikes, things that make you happy, sad, angry, indifferent.  However, do we take time to understand the why, to really delve into why we have the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs that we hold? When we take time to know ou...

Today, I thought I'd remind you that it is up to us in large part to write our story and to tell it.  Recently I was reflecting on how I've responded to life when I couldn't blend in.  It's part of my story that has shaped who I am.  At some point early on, I figured out if I couldn't blend in, it was probably a good idea to shape the story that would help define me.  At first...