I was sitting with a new group recently. We got on the topic of uncomfortable conversations. People react in a variety of interesting ways to them. Those reactions reflect hard wiring, personality, and life experiences, as well as the culture of your organization. It started a conversation among this new group about what it takes …
My first-born child will exit the teenage years on Monday. I’m not one of those moms that laments the early years of childhood. Turns out I enjoy the teenage years a lot more. As I think back over our 20 years together, I realize how much this kid continues to amaze me and teach me. …
The Barbie movie and all its hype is pretty well-deserved in my humble opinion. If you haven’t seen it yet, you really should. I was expecting a lot of girl power stuff (and was not disappointed). What I wasn’t expecting was a demonstration of why extremes are so harmful, in any direction. I also wasn’t …
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Regardless of where you find yourself on the political or social spectrum, one thing I think we can all agree on is how polarized we are. I can immediately think of exceptions to that statement, but that’s what they are. Exceptions. The rule in our larger social narrative these days seems to be the disagreement. …
When you think about freedom, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s the ability to make your own decisions about how to live your life, free from needing to seek permission for basic rights. Maybe it’s having the right to vote. Maybe it’s the freedom to choose your career path. When I think about freedom, I …
I’m not sure how many times I will have to learn this lesson the hard way. Apparently, many. And most recently, this past week. When we go-go-go and ignore the signs from our bodies that we need rest, our bodies have a way of simply smacking us in the face. Why do we ignore the …
I’ve never really been someone who sees the choices in front of me in an all-or-nothing or hard-and-fast-rules kind of way. I like the nuances of navigating situations as they come. That can sometimes make holding boundaries a little tricky. Boundaries and nuances don’t always go well together. And I recently, once again, put myself …
Behavior is always a choice. That’s it. That’s the post. But if you want to keep reading, I’ll share a few thoughts about why this is critical to understand, and how it can help you be a better human if you incorporate that understanding into your behavior. In the daily grind, it’s easy to forget …
Emotions affect behavior, like it or not. People who think they are able to keep emotion separate from their behavior choices are fooling themselves. The evidence is everywhere. Fear is a big one that impacts how we behave. But many people don’t recognize fear as a motivator for their behavior. Instead, they focus on what …
I was at a conference recently, listening to a panel of CEO’s talk about their leadership experience. One of them was talking about how she’d pulled her team together in a time of crisis. She highlighted the common victim mentality we’re all familiar with, and how there was no room for that in this crisis. …
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