Words of Wisdom – Page 20

Ways to Deal With Feeling Overwhelmed

We all know what it’s like — that anxious feeling we get in our chests when we’re no longer able to keep it all under control. It’s the tipping point between having enough time to get it all done and running out of bandwidth. When we have too much ...

Losses and Gains

This post is about losses and gains. A few years ago, my my weekend was seriously disrupted by the theft of my car. It was parked in front of my house and someone stole it during the night. When I went out in the morning to drive it away, there ...

Dynamics of Decision Making

This post is about decision-making. One of my clients sent me the following article years ago. I just stumbled upon it again and realized how much wisdom there is in it. Take a hard look at how decisions get made within your organization. What team myths are getting in your ...

Horse Sense #3 -Give Them Some Rope

This post is the third installment in my Horse Sense series: “Give Them Some Rope.” I hadn’t always wanted a horse, but after a serious fall down a flight of stairs, I thought learning to ride might help with the post-traumatic stress I was experiencing. With no prior experience, I ...

The Importance of Belonging

This post is about our need for friendship and belonging. When my 93-year-old mother-in-law became quite ill, it became apparent that after a long life of hard work and joyful activity, the matriarch of our family was now fading fast. As we stood by her bedside, saw her frail ...

Blaming Others

Blame is one of the most destructive attitudes to cultivate when in a dispute with someone. Whether you disagree with a family member, a friend or a teammate at work, blame plants the seeds of distrust, which in turn creates suffering for everyone involved. When someone blames us, we ...

Work Ethic and Success

This post is about work ethic and success. In thinking about work ethic, it reminded me of a remodeling project we embarked on we started tearing down our 102 year old garage to convert it into my new office space. This is a dream I’d had for awhile, but ...

Impeccable Communication

Over the years, we’ve all seen how gossip and unprofessional behavior can negatively impact us. It shows us the importance of impeccable communication in the work place and in our lives. It also shows us how hard it is to maintain. Recently, I asked a few of my clients what ...

Introverts As Leaders

Let’s explore the psychology and actions of introverts and their ability to lead and manage others. Our culture fosters a misconception that people who are introverted by nature do not make good leaders or even know how to manage others. This idea comes from years of conditioning by extroverted ...

What It Means to Have Grit

My husband recently told me about a Ted Talk he saw on the subject of grit delivered by Angela Duckworth, American academic, psychologist, and author. In the talk, Angela Duckworth outlines why some kids in school do better than others. Interestingly enough, studies show that it’s not IQ, not ...

How Alignment Connects Execution to Vision

One of the most important aspects of successful organizations is how they align the work their people do to the vision they craft for the future of the company. I’ve been reading an excellent book, “The Work of Leaders: How Vision, Alignment and Execution Will Change the Way You ...

The Importance of Human Connection

I had an experience once that seemed an appropriate topic for this post since we are officially now in the holiday season. On a flight back to Portland, I sat next to a 10-year-old girl named Bailey. When I first saw her, she seemed just like any other little girl, ...

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