Do you ever find yourself in a place where, despite your best efforts, nothing seems to be working out the way you want it to?  Maybe you have an amazing idea that you just can’t seem to get off the ground. Perhaps you’ve made progress toward a goal and suddenly feel stymied or unable to…

  We’ve all been there… someone says or does something that triggers you – or things take an unexpected turn for the worse and you can’t help but react. Your heart begins to beat wildly, your breathing gets shallow and choppy, and your body tenses up. It’s called an amygdala hijack. And it literally disables…

“What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?” ~ Robert H. Schuller It’s easy to think of shooting for the moon when the idea of crashing to the ground doesn’t enter the picture. We can dream and scheme all we want, but to make our dreams real, we must act. And…

Ever have a stretch where work (and life) is filled with unpredictable twists and turns, inexplicable delays, and random disorder? It can be frustrating, unsettling and unnerving. Our nature as humans is to seek meaning in the things that happen to us. But when there is no logical explanation, we are left scratching our heads…

  Do you remember what it was like to be unconstrained by the world’s limitations? Maybe you were a young child, wanting to fly to the moon or discover buried treasure. How long was it before the people around you compelled you to be more “practical and realistic”? They didn’t mean any harm.  In fact, those…

  Are you at a crossroads in your life or your career? Do you feel like something amazing is ready to bust through but not sure exactly what it is, or how it will take form? Do you find that things you used to be good at are no longer satisfying or even interesting? Have…

  What if you could slow down time?  If you’ve ever had a great massage, a decadent vacation or a fantastic meal, you may have consciously savored each moment or morsel in such a way that allows you to enjoy every second of the experience. While you may not have actually altered time, being intensely…

  When it comes down to it, there are really only 2 places you can come from in an organization (or in life). One is fear and the other is love. You’ve likely seen what fear looks like in organizations… competitiveness, silos, lack of trust, hidden agendas, showboating, cutting people down, insensitivity, judgment, conformity, negativity.…

  Great organizations are not created accidentally. They are a product of conscious intention and deliberate action shared by leaders at all levels, regardless of formal title or level of responsibility. So often people feel they’re at the mercy of their circumstances at work – the one arena they spend more of their time in…