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A new month; a brave podcast to tell you who I am and what I do so YOU can impact others around you and utilize my services. What is Coaching?

What's for dinner...asks every human being at least once a week. If you're on the receiving end of having to make that decision, you cringe. Yes, it's a decision that is not a big one, yet it wears people out every day. Do you know how many decisions people make, on average, every day? A LOT! Decision fatigue is REAL. We have solutions - listen in.

Time and land are two things you can't make or get more of in life. Does time control you or do you control (maximize) your time. Noah sums it up well; prepare and prioritize.

If I have to hear one more conversation where people are complaining about the young people of this world... Seriously it's time to be a contributor, not a contaminator to conversations about the future, particularly around th topic of the younger generation. You'll be inspired enough, okay really just uncomfortable enough to want to shift your perspective! WSJ Article : New Grads Have No...

Random musings...about Q2, summer, sights and sounds, airplanes on the side of hills, dogs hanging out windows and live podcasts from the road.

How many participation trophies or medals are hanging in closets or laying in drawers? In this episode we talk about the power of participating for the purpose of going beyond yourself. Engage with organizations and entities outside of your job, in your community in arenas that have impact and grow others.

The relationship between independence, dependence and interdependence is delicate and nuanced for sure. To strive to be one over the other, in our opinion is to be striving in the wrong direction. No once can be in this life completely independent, nor should we be. Dependence has its boundaries as well. We contend the importance of the relationship between the three is like a three cord rope, the...

Welcome to the team; you made it and you're still a rookie! Welcome to the other side of the table! When young people enter the workforce for the first time, that's what happens; they join us on the inside of the table...and have no idea how it works! I have a solution: Strategic Coaching Groups. Take a look: Strategic Coaching Reach out to me to sign up for a group that begins in Septembe...

The beginning starts at the end. Ending are an every day part of life, are positive and negative, and can catch us off guard. Do we really think about endings in that way or at all? How do we do them well, the planned, unplanned and routine endings? We talk about all of that on this episode.

It's what makes the difference in a calm or chaotic life.

We contend, at least Cheryl does, that we don't learn from our mistakes. Do mistakes define you? Do they scare you? How do you avoid making them or can you? What do you do when you make a mistake? And is there anything good about your mistakes. All topics that Noah and Cheryl discuss on this episode.

Throughout our lives we will have, most likely, dozens of mentors, those people, who walk along side us to guide. What is the value of having a mentor? How do you go about getting one? Noah and Cheryl spar back and forth about all things (well most likely not all) mentors!

Everyone is thinking it and no one is talking about it. How are we prepared for entering the work force, a culture of which we had not participated or had any experience? How are new graduates or those entering the workforce for the first time supposed to know the ins and outs? By experience right? Yes, but until they don't know and we assume they know. Hmmm, interesting predicament I have a s...

Noah and Cheryl steps big and bold into the topic of Internships for college students. There is much pressure to get just the right internship. What happens when you don't; is it the end of the world? We talk about the benefits of internships as well as the pitfalls. We give practical alternatives, but basically we tell you to chill out about internships!  It's really about experience.

The end of the first quarter has arrived. Have you prepared? Do you stop and reflect on the prior quarter in an effort to anticipate the next one? Bonus episode in which Cheryl encourages you to pause before rushing into the next quarter.

There are more books and podcasts and discussions had about leadership than followership. As we discuss, both are critical and honestly, not enough emphasis put on becoming a follower. 1. Be a student. 2. Be open to new ways of thinking. 3. Ask for and accept feedback - Noah's three starting steps for becoming a really good follower!

Are you a big fish in a small pond? Are you a small fish in a big pond? Or do you even know what that means (yeah, me too)? In a bonus episode, Cheryl talks about staying small and how that's a good idea, not a bad, contrary to what the world might say.

When you enter a room, situation, or place with other people, how do you do that? Have you ever been taught these skills? What if you're a natural in that space? What if it's not natural and easy to do? Noah and Cheryl talk strategies and real-life application to a skill that we all need throughout life.

Can you tell when someone is listening TO you? How often do you feel spoken AT? What's the difference? How many of us really know how to listen to another human. Noah and Cheryl have quite the conversation about this very topic.

Did you know there are "rules" to this game of life? How do you know what they are and which ones to break? What's important to know about this game and how  to strategize to "win at life".

Consider this a Social Media Part 2 episode where Cheryl talks about a unique social situation - the Midwest Ag Expo and what she observed in her curiosity.

Social Media, a necessary evil? Is it good? How do you use it? Why should we use it? What impact does it have on our lives? These are all questions we talked about in this episode. Cheryl quizzes Noah about the generations and social media. For the record, he flunks!

Bonus episode where Cheryl talks candidly about Gen Z!

In “Crossing the Line”, Cheryl Mitchell, a 50-something and Noah Benedict, a 20-something, talk candidly about the lines that life draws for us and the expectation not to cross them. Actually, it’s just Cheryl, with her wisdom and savviness informing Noah, a clueless, recent college grad on LIFE. Entertaining, unconventional and blunt with real-life application. We cannot promise that we won’t cro...

This is a trailer for the new podcast - Crossing the Line!