Dandelions will grow just about anywhere, regardless of soil conditions. They withstand frost and freezes. They tolerate crowding. Its name comes from the French term “dents-de-lion” meaning lion’s teeth, inspired by the shape of its highly recognizable flower and leaves. While dandelions are often seen as pesky weeds here in the US, they are seen …
Many people feel some form of nerves before speaking. Those nerves can strike before giving a presentation in front of a large group. They can strike when having a difficult conversation with one person. Sometimes nerves feel like excitement. Sometimes they feel like hell. When that’s the case, it’s because we’re wound too tight. Even …
“It’s easier if I just do it myself.” Probably true. But is that the best solution? Is efficiency the reason? Or is it the excuse? When we focus on immediate efficiency, we’re being short-sighted. Routinely doing it yourself because it’s easier is a mistake. It doesn’t allow for people to grow. Watching someone fail is …
All this talk about reflection time has gotten me thinking. I hear from clients over and over about how they are so busy, they can’t carve out time for reflection. Or how they will put something on their calendar to block off time for various things. Inevitably it’s the first block of time to get …
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How often do you stop and reflect on what motivates you? No, I mean deeply reflect on it. As in set aside time in your calendar for it. Not those moments where during chaos you think, “What the hell am I doing with my life?!?”. I’m talking about the intentional reflection which leads to a …
There are literally millions of articles, books and videos about how to build your confidence. They all seem to share a common theme—an assumption that we all build confidence the same way. But we don’t. Confidence is tied to your input channels, which are tied to your hard-wiring. Nearly everyone has at least one input …
“My team members are always coming to me with problems they want me to solve. No one seems to be able to come up with their own solutions. It’s exhausting!” If this sounds familiar in some form, this blog post might be for you. The central question is focused on what type of leader you …
Many people still seem to think leadership comes from your title, position, or having the corner office. This attitude results in what we like to call “Taskmaster Leadership” The focus, as the title suggests, is on tasks. It’s easy to use your authority over others as the hammer. But it will inevitably lead to high …
We’ve all heard it before. Some variation on seeing things from someone else’s perspective is part of our narrative from childhood—shifting your paradigm, walking in someone else’s shoes, or looking through binoculars to see what someone else is seeing. Pick your cliché. But what does it look like in action and do we really even …
My 14-year old spent the first semester doing school through a virtual program. This meant a whole lot of self-guided study. It was asynchronous learning. While there was a mentor teacher available to him, she had 150 other students to oversee and if he wasn’t reaching out, he flew under her radar most of the …
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