I believe two of the biggest attributes to growth and development are the willingness to learn, and the willingness (and ability) to be coachable. Let’s face it; if we aren’t learning, we aren’t growing. I’m a big believer in the concept of having a student mindset; a natural curiosity to learn more, try new things,…
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Choose Living Without Regret
Regret is a slippery slope. It can lead you down a rabbit hole of negativity and despair; it can bring back thoughts and feelings of things you have already put in the past, and frankly is not helpful. We have all done things we have regretted and have dealt with the feelings that come from…
The 3 A’s of Mindset – Part 3
Be Accountable Whatever it is you are wanting to accomplish you need to build in some ways to hold yourself accountable. I’ll mostly cover that in this post but you can also use these concepts when it comes to holding yourself accountable to others in your life as well. Keeping yourself accountable can come in…
The 3 A’s of Mindset – Part 2
Be Audacious The second A of the 3 A’s of Mindset is to Be Audacious, but what does that mean? First, let’s start with a definition of Audacity. Extremely bold or daring Fearless Extremely original or daring Lively Uninhibited Some synonyms include Courageous Dauntless As I was speaking with my Team about being Audacious, it…
The 3 A’s of Mindset – Part 1
Recently I was speaking with my Team about mindset. It was in the context of helping them set up for a successful new year, and for their future going forward. As I was preparing what I was going to talk about I wanted to come up with just a few simple high-level concepts that would…
Will 2021 be your best year ever? Maybe not, and that’s a good thing.
The end of any year brings a time of reflection for many, and a process of setting goals and priorities for the new year. 2020 was certainly a year filled with challenges for many, but it also presented opportunities for folks to consider what is important in life, re-examine priorities, and for many re-inventing themselves….
30 Day Social Media Challenge
This is a revised version of an article that I first published back in 2016. I decided to publish it again because 2020 had a lot of elements and events that brought people down; and while social media can do a lot of good, it can also do a lot of harm. Much of that…
Place your mask on first before assisting others
“Place your mask on first before assisting others.” Anyone who has flown commercially and sat through the safety briefing (and actually listened to it) has heard that phrase before. It instructs us in the scenario of the airplane losing cabin pressure and the oxygen masks drop down, put your own mask on first before helping…