Patterns Create Creatures of Habit

Patterns Create Creatures of Habit

Patterns form in time, often without you even noticing. A self aware & competent person recognizes when it’s time to take stock and consciously get a grip. Knowing when to stay the course or flip the script requires deep self-awareness. This week’s...
Optimism: Your Special Sauce

Optimism: Your Special Sauce

Optimism starts and ends with how you think about or process what’s happening to you. Think you’re in danger – you feel anxiety. Think you’re being treated unfairly — you feel anger, sadness or despair. Choose to be optimistic &...
Empathy: the Capacity to Connect

Empathy: the Capacity to Connect

Empathy, when warranted, is a powerful skill worth practicing. Actually, I’m toying with the idea that empathy may be a discipline more than a skill. Clearly, empathy expands your perspective opening lines of communication that support your growth and personal...
Idealism: Balancing a Healthy Pragmatism

Idealism: Balancing a Healthy Pragmatism

Idealism is an attitude and attitude is a choice. Your success is determined by your attitude and shaped by your mindset, revealing itself in every other choice you make through the day. Pragmatism is also an attitude. Ask yourself: when do you choose a pragmatic or...