Photo of woman's face with multiple emojis around her head to depict emotions

Read time: 2 mins

You Need a PET

No, I’m not talking about a furry four-legged mammal though you may benefit from one of those as well (personally I’ve had

caution

Read time: < 1 min

Can Cautionary Words Become Discouraging Words?

Words carry weight and the message we intend to send is not always the message received. Supervisors often try to share “known

A group of friends standing in a circle with their heads together, looking down and smiling at the camera

Read time: 2 mins

Your Friends are Your Future; How is it Looking?

It has been said that you are the sum total of the 5 people you spend the most time with. While there

self as subject

Read time: < 1 min

Self as Subject

When was the last time you studied yourself? As in a topic well worth knowing? In Depth? To avoid squandering the precious

A notebook with the word "priorities" written and underlined with numbers 1, 2, and 3 written underneath

Read time: < 1 min

Who Decides What You Say Yes To? You? Or Others?

It is all too easy, in the hurly burly of life, to wake up and find that our life has been hijacked,

perseverance

Read time: 2 mins

Can You Find It? It’s Often Hidden Well but it’s Golden

Concealed within every failure, buried within every setback, lie clues toward the path forward, lessons to be pondered and treasured. Regrettably it

A compass with "core values" written where the needle points north

Read time: < 1 min

What are Your Values? Pick 3, Live Them Fiercely

Below is a list of Values, courtesy of Brene Brown (Dare to Lead and Rising Strong). Under the heading of “If everything

Building blocks ascending up, diagonally to the right, towards a bullseye

Read time: < 1 min

Stacked Goals

How aspirational should your goals be? Some say dream BIG, others say stay reasonable, rational, realistic. Some find challenging targets inspirational, the

Listen Understand

Read time: < 1 min

Do You Support? Or Do You Shift?

In a conversation, support is when our response draws out another person, giving them an opportunity to go deeper or open up

A cartoon brain wearing a sweatband and jumping rope

Read time: 2 mins

How Do You Stay Sharp?

Covey in Seven Habits of Highly Effective People speaks of the need to “Sharpen the Saw”, to regularly take time to renew,

A large piece of white marble being sculpted with a hammer and chisel

Read time: 2 mins

Self-Made v. Self-Sculpted

I am NOT a self-made man. Anyone with an ounce of humility and self-awareness knows, appreciates, and is deeply grateful for the

humility

Read time: < 1 min

The Incredible Power of Humility

Our pride, Our stubbornness, Our dislike of asking for or even accepting offered help, Our unwillingness to change, to admit we may