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The Phenomenon of Time and How To Spend It

Best way to use your time. One of the best lessons that anyone can learn in life is how to use time wisely. Consider what can be done in ten minutes: a pianist can deliver the performance of a lifetime, you can learn a new dance step, a football game ...

Being A Tempered Radical

Shared Wisdom About Leadership

Let’s explore the concept of leadership. It’s been the topic of many of my conversations lately with clients. Here are some great questions and words of wisdom on the subject. “Leadership” “Is it a title or an attitude? Is it about power or responsibility? Is it about those you dominate ...

Good Ways to Deal With Differing Agendas

It’s always interesting to see what happens when people with different agendas, opinions and viewpoints get into a room and try to agree on what should be done and how to do it. Often, there’s general consensus about what needs to be done in the long term. The greater differences ...

Asking For Feedback From Your Direct Reports

One of my favorite editions of the Harvard Business Review is entitled “The Tests of a Leader.” In the article “What to Ask the Person in the Mirror,” I found a worthwhile quote. “While your direct reports know what you are doing wrong, most of them are not dying to ...

Better to Ask Questions Than to Make Assumptions

One of the most valuable lessons I gained from my coaching training was the discipline of asking effective questions. Like many new coaches, my classmates and I quickly discovered how easily our own thoughts surfaced while someone else was speaking. Instead of staying curious and asking questions that deepened understanding, ...

Respecting Yourself and Others

There are great benefits to cultivating the ability to respect ourselves and others. The definition of respect reads, “esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability; I have ...

Try Not To Rush

How To Stop Complaining

This past week, I’ve been practicing not complaining. I’ve noticed that I never feel better after complaining, so reducing the habit felt worthwhile. But before I could change the behavior, I first needed to become aware of it. It’s impossible to stop doing something you don’t notice yourself doing. I ...

The Magic and Mystery of Intuition

Have you ever been in a meeting where everyone is acting as if they’re in agreement, but you know they’re not? Have you inquired into the health of a good friend and when they told you they were fine, you knew they were not? Have you known the phone was ...

The Wisdom of Good Questions

Here some more advice on the importance of asking good questions. I love this quote from Abraham Lincoln about this subject. He said, “You can tell whether a person is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a person is wise by his questions.” How often are we willing ...

Turning Adverse Situations Into Breakthroughs

Let’s consider the power of turning adverse situations into breakthroughs. When circumstances spiral out of control, it’s natural for fear, confusion, and frustration to arise. In these moments, the instinctive human response is often to assign blame—to identify a scapegoat for what went wrong. But focusing on fault during a ...

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