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44 Lessons in 44 Years of Life
May 24 marks my 44th year of life. In reflection, I thought about the top 44 lessons I’ve gained from my journey so far. Here they are. Enjoy! No one does better by being made to feel worse, yourself included. Generous people have more. Life is painful when we’re...
10 Simple Strategies To Boost Your Mental Health
(If you know someone who is struggling with their mental health, please send this to them. It could be the difference-maker in their lives.) Sixteen years ago, a therapist strongly encouraged me to see a psychiatrist. I couldn’t sleep, and I was persistently...
Investigating Solutions For Reducing Stress
Four weeks after gaining feeling back in my ear (it had gone numb from tension), Yvette, my wife, and I headed up to Shenandoah National Park. It was the weekend of July 4th, and I was hoping that being in the backcountry would save me from having to experience the...
1 Simple Question to Get Your Team to Go From Resign to Engage
I was 14 years old when Mr. Wiser Changed my life. The previous 14 years I had been resigned. On this special day, which I talk about in the video, I began the journey to full engagement in my life. Every one of us has the possibility of both getting engaged in our...
Can You Feel The Wobble?
Years ago, a physical therapist put a bosu ball in front of me and told me to step up onto it. I tried, but I couldn’t find my balance and so I stepped off. “We’ll stick to the doing exercises on the floor,” he said, putting the bosu ball off to the side. A few years...
What To Do When You’re Feeling Empty Despite All Of Your Successes
Are you tired of getting to the end of a challenging project only to wind up feeling insufficient, empty, and craving the next big win? Do you have a constant ache--need, really--to achieve... to get to the next level, and unable to enjoy your how far you've come. Are...
How to Help Your Team Members Overcome Crippling Self-Doubt, Fear, and Even Depression or Anxiety
Do you have someone on your team who is talented, but seems to keep sabotaging themselves? Maybe you’ve noticed that they struggle with anxiety and/or depression? You can see they have potential, and you want to help them overcome their fear, but how? fear, doubt, and...
How to Get the Best Out of Annoying People
At the end of a recent podcast interview, the host asked, “What is the number one leadership principle you live by?” Without thinking, I said, people really are doing the best they can. I call it The Best Principle. As he repeated my words, I could sense that a part...
How To Deal With Irritating People In The Midst of COVID: Rise Up
Irritation washed over me yesterday afternoon as someone at my gym insisted that I wear a facemask. “Doesn’t she know that you don’t have to wear a mask if you’re exerting yourself?” I wanted to scream out, as if I even understand the current rules. “Besides…” I...
How To Help Those Who Are Grieving
It was a Thursday evening toward the end of January 2022, Yvette and I were sitting across from one another, preparing to enjoy one of our favorite meals out. It had been weeks of trying to come to terms with the progression of her father’s cancer. We needed a change...
What To Do When Someone You Know Is Struggling
A few years ago, the pain of loss was monumental in my life, and I was barely hanging on. Each trip to the gym and grocery store were fraught with fears… “Can they see that I’m not okay?” “Do they care about me?” “What am I going to do if I have a full-on panic attack...
Here’s What’s Possible When You Trust Your Team
Twenty+ years ago, I walked into Phyllis Endicott’s office asking for help in dealing with a teacher whose process was not working for me. Phyllis was responsible for the Challenge Program, a specialized program for students who didn’t quite meet the academic...
Turning Worry Into Worth: A Simple Strategy For Increasing Your Self-Worth
Do you, or someone you know struggle with self-esteem, self-worth, or a belief in yourself? Doubts and fears are common to us all, but few know the simplicity of what's needed to step fully into our own power. In this video, I offer a powerful practice for...
#3 Practice for Increasing Psychological Safety on Your Team
Reduce the stress on your team, increase employee satisfaction, and free up your time to do other things by increasing psychological safety. This is the third part of a 3-part series, offering you practical tools for increasing psychological safety. What is...
#2 Practice for Increasing Psychological Safety on Your Team
Increase satisfaction, reduce stress, and free your time to do other things by increasing psychological safety on your team. This is the second practice in a 3-part series, offering you practical tools for increasing psychological safety. What is psychological safety?...
#1 Practice for Increasing Psychological Safety on Your Team
This is the first practice in a 3-part series, offering you practical tools for increasing satisfaction, and reducing frustration and stress on your team... all through increasing psychological safety. If you haven't seen the first video, 2 minute video, CLICK HERE...
Increase Satisfaction on Your Team by Increasing Psychological Safety
Do you want your employees to be satisfied with their professional experience, and sense that they are not? Have you noticed that they are stressed and frustrated, and often quiet in meetings? When your team is more satisfied, your stress will be lower. When your...
5 Tips for Successfully Navigating Work From Anywhere With Your Partner
After nearly four hours in the car, we arrived at our rental home, nestled in the trees just outside of Williamsburg, Virginia. The three of us—my niece, Ellei, my wife, Yvette, and I—were there to enjoy some time together and participate in the Patriot triathlon over...