Category: Leadership
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Take a load off! Tips for the exhausted leader (or for just the plain human)
Leading (and being a human) can be exhausting, particularly at year-end. To lead with ease, here are some simplistic (as in easy to understand, perhaps challenging to practice) tips to help you have smooth and calm sailing. I encourage you to apply the same techniques with family and friends. Simply substitute the words “family members,”…
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The Thanksgiving Address
My former boss, friend, and teacher, Mac Hall, reminded me recently about the power and impact of our thoughts on water. He drew my attention back to the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto and his water experiments.Dr. Emoto’s work shows that human consciousness, particularly words and thoughts, has the ability to change the molecular structure of water.…
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I wanted to be sure of you…
This morning I went to out to breakfast, and as I sat to enjoy my piping hot coffee and eggs, a young man came into the restaurant. He was probably in his 20’s. He was filthy from head to toe with deep settled grime—the kind of dirt that comes not from hard work but from…
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The Echo Chamber
I was listening to Matt Mahan, CEO of the voter-empowerment app Brigade, on Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg. He said something that hit me right in the third eye! He said that one of the lessons of the election is that—thanks to social media— we are all living in an echo chamber where the only opinions, voices,…
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Perky. Is it really the secret sauce?
Trader Joe’s has been hiring and cultivating perky new hires for many years. Article after article has been written documenting the success of this philosophy.The exact methods they use to create and maintain perky customer service people is a tightly held secret, however, it is no secret that getting hired at a TJ’s is highly…
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Is Judgment Blocking You?
I’ve written about this topic before. It is deep and multifaceted. It has the ability to trip us up again and again. It can be a roadblock or gateway depending on if we are looking inside or outside. I know because I’ve danced with it for years.What am I talking about? Judgment.Someone commented to me…
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Where Passion and Purpose Intersect – The Golden Thread
I recently went to Harlow’s in downtown Sacramento to see Café Musique, a self-described gypsy, wild classical band that has been performing together for ten plus years and hails from my former home base of San Luis Obispo County.I’m not a big classical music fan, and I have barely any awareness of the composers or songs…
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It just ain’t true!
For a long time, I believed an untrue story about myself. It wasn’t my story actually, meaning, it didn’t originate with me. Still, I kept telling and living it. Until one day, after living it for nearly twelve years, I had enough of that story, and I stood up to it. The story—which I bought into…
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Get the best return on your own time!
Just because I can … The “I must do it myself” mindset is the fastest route to burnout, regardless of whether you run your own business or you head up your own department. Surrounding yourself with an effective team is the best way to reconnect with why you started doing what you do in the…
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Swimming Upstream
I had a fascinating and energizing day yesterday playing in a branch of the South Yuba River in Bridgeport, California. I walked alongside a sweet river, watching the currents as it flowed. The river—not much more than twelve feet wide—wound around corners and connected with tiny tributaries. The banks and riverbed are what I’m learning…