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Taking Credit For Someone Else’s Work

Good day, team, I read this remarkable story in The Oregonian on Nov. 28. Take a look: “A 17-year-old supermarket employee who found a bag containing $10,000 at his work’s bathroom returned the money, much to the owner’s delight. “The Tacoma News Tribune reports the bag of cash found at ...

Embracing Change Rather Than Resisting It

Good day, team, Last week I experimented with the challenge by sending a link people could access and then asking for feedback. Here are some of the comments I received: “For me, the most important statistic is that China is going to become the largest English-speaking country. Number one, it's ...

The Benefits of Reviewing Your Year

Good day team, Today is the winter solstice and as I look out my office window, I see a landscape covered in many feet of beautiful, white snow that has fallen on Oregon over the past few days. We don't get too much of this stuff and so when we ...

The Benefit of Thinking Without Thinking – Trust Your Instincts

Good day, team, It's a new year and a good time to think about our resolutions and intentions for 2009. I must confess, I've given up on the resolution that I've repeated every January for the past 10 years. Each new year I resolve to lose 15 lbs. Alas, I ...

Unconventional Wisdom In A Downturn

Good day, team, Last month, I worked with a client and his team at an off-site meeting in California for two days. I've been working with individual members of the team since last April, so I was glad to have the chance to work with them all together. At lunch ...

Having the Courage to Do What You Believe Is Important

Good day, team, Two messages have come through to me loud and clear this week. One comes from our new President-elect, Barack Obama: “Yes, we can.” The other comes from Steven Spielberg: “I wonder if I can do that? I wonder if they will let me do that?” Both of ...

Words of Wisdom – Desiderata

Good day, team, Today’s challenge comes from one of my favorite writings, “Desiderata,” found in old Saint Paul’s Church, Baltimore, dated 1692; it is attributed to Max Ehrmann. In rereading it, I am awed by its timeliness. There is much wisdom here and, once you’ve read it, you may choose ...

Buddha and The Ginger Jar – Who’s Responsible?

Good day, team, The following story is one of my favorites. I don't know where it came from, and I can't remember who told it to me, but I often find myself relating it to my clients, friends and family. The story describes a good lesson about who's responsible that ...

True Leaders

Good day, team, At the end of last year, I received a holiday card from one of the people who helped redesign my Web site. Her name is *Lyza, and among her many talents, she is also becoming an accomplished printer. I don’t mean digital printing, I mean learning how ...

Living With Less and Being Grateful For It

Good day, team, The title of this week’s challenge could be “Grateful for Less.” I’ll tell my story, and then you can decide. Years ago I lived in Venice, Italy, for a year. I wanted to live in Europe for an extended period of time, in a place where the ...

Follow Your Bliss

Good day, team, I’m reading a wonderful book, “The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship,” by David Whyte. Here’s a quote that best describes what the book is about. “We have the remarkable ability as human beings to fall in love with a person, a work, or even, at ...

The Value of Not Over-Analyzing Yourself

Good day, team, As I was reviewing some of my earlier coach’s challenges today, I saw one I wrote in July 2007 that seems relevant for this past week. Here it is. This morning I happened upon an article about Dr. Albert Ellis, a noted psychotherapist who died last week ...

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