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5 Simple Steps to Boosting Productivity Throughout 2019
“Wait. What? Fox hunting… as a sport? What’s that?” I asked Erin, a new friend I just met at the gym. Seeing her face beaming with pride, I had to know more about this sport (and her specific accomplishments). Apparently fox hunting originated in England in the...
Can’t Stand Managing People? Here’s What To Do Instead
Have you ever found yourself running the other direction when asked to consider managing a team or group of people? People management can be hard. And if you don't like managing people, I’d like to offer another perspective. The first thing that goes through your...
How To Achieve Goals With Joy? Make Your Goals Smaller
Decrease Your Goals In Order to Achieve Them It seems counter-intuitive, but by setting smaller goals, with lots of checkpoints along the way, you set yourself up for success in achieving those goals. Set Achievable Goals Make sure that you set goals that you can...
Single Most Important Leadership Skill
What Is the Most Important Leadership Skill? The single most important skill in leadership is also one of the hardest to practice. This is especially true when you’re weighed down with deadlines and have employees looking to you for guidance. It’s easier to keep your...
The Time I (Almost) Licked the Boot That Had Kicked Me
Her words spun in my head as I made the long walk across the office building to my side of the office. Imagining that everyone in the building knew exactly what she had just said to me, my mind filled with judgments I imagined they were making about me. I could almost...
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome! 9 Ways I Overcome Feeling Like An Impostor
Young, and feeling like a total impostor My first year in business, I made a grand total of $20K, which was enough to pay my bills (barely). To eat, I would go to the upscale pizza restaurant down the street from where I lived. I would bring my computer to the bar and...
How to Achieve Goals: A Simple Tip And Strategy
To achieve a worthwhile goal can be quite difficult. Challenging goals in life are, by their very nature, something which require extra effort. Whether your goal is to become a successful world class speaker, writer, or athlete (or any other goal really), here are 2...
5 Steps To Cultivating Gratitude In the Midst of Difficulty
With four little boxes in hand, I headed over to the post office. Considering it was early December (the holidays), I fully expected long lines and grumpy people. But that is not at all what I found. Instead, I stumbled on a pearl of wisdom, one which I will take with...
No Expectations, Just Acceptance (Yeah, right!)
If I can just get it right, then I can relax, or so we tell ourselves. Of course, that is a lie. No matter how right you get it, there will always be something that could make it better. We recently planned a trip to New York, to see the magnificent colors of the...
Avoid Self-Sabotage by Treating Perfectionism
Are you A Perfectionist? Do you Have a Plan for Treating Your Perfectionism? Ever found yourself wanting an opportunity, but stalling on submitting your name? Why is that? The simple answer is negative self-talk. Negative self-talk leads to self-sabotage, and can...
The Power of Praise: The Reason To Thank Your Team This Holiday Season
Get Your Team To Perform Better, Through Praise Who doesn’t stand a little taller, or perform better, when someone praises their good work? Most people do. So, why don’t more leaders use praise throughout the year? Could it be that we, as leaders of teams and...
Helping Others To Laugh At Themselves: Be A Mirror
They’re Not Thinking About Others Two days ago, I spent some time at a local church; working with a couple of members to sort out clothes. These clothes had been donated by the church community for refugee families in Baltimore. I don’t enjoy sorting clothes, but I...
9 Actions To Stand Out In A Job Interview
Interviewing can often feel so… unnatural. Figuring out what they might ask, and the best possible response, can be unnerving. You want the job, and they need to find the right person to fit the position. The stakes are high on both sides, and the interview is the...
How to Give Your Very Best: Becoming Aware of Beliefs
Don't know what belief system is holding you back? How can you give your very best when you aren't sure what your beliefs are? When your results aren't quite up to par, and you don't know why, what can you do? The simple answer is to listen to yourself. What do you...
Being a Beginner: 5 (Often Forgotten) Benefits
Running (Into) A Beginner’s Mindset A year ago, a friend asked me to fill in last minute. She had put together a relay team for the Baltimore marathon. One of her teammates had another obligation, and my friend wasn’t about to run two legs of the marathon herself....
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone: 10 Ideas (Through the Lens of An Enema)
Way Outside of My Comfort Zone “You want me to give myself an enema?” I asked my friend, Kristin, who had successfully dealt with the same discomfort I was experiencing. “Yes, it will help relieve the pain and discomfort you’re feeling. It’s also really good for your...
“You are a beautiful work of art.” She wrote it on a gum wrapper!
Being with difficult emotions can be challenging for all of us. We can feel like we're insufficient to handle the challenges and difficult emotions life presents. And yet, we have such incredible power to see and acknowledge other people, for their beauty and...
Invest In Mindset: Advance Your Career
The mindset you need to advance your career At the end of July, my niece Ellei arrived here in Baltimore, Maryland to begin her two-week internship (with the director of neurology at Johns Hopkins University). Considering the immensely challenging life experiences...