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Feb 25, 2021
What Ingredients Make Your Bake? What Would Help You Rise to the Next Level?
This past Tuesday I was working with a client who was just promoted to a senior C-suite role in a worldwide organization. Among the topics we discussed was that the…
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Feb 4, 2021
Decrease the Pressure = Increase the Traction
Let me begin by saying that I don’t think anyone should drive on the beach for anything less than an emergency. I recognize others feel differently. One of these people…
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Jan 28, 2021
Hope: When Can it Lift You Up? When Can it Let You Down?
Emily Dickinson famously said, “Hope is the thing with feathers/ that perches in the soul” and I agree. Delicate and sometimes elusive, hope can keep us going when we are…
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Jan 21, 2021
2 People Meet = 6 People Present: What to Do When You’re Perplexed, Agitated, or Aggravated by Those Around You
This past week my attention was caught by a quote from psychologist and philosopher, William James: “Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man…
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Jan 14, 2021
Anatomy of a Crummy Apology (and How it Could Be Improved)
I write a lot about apologizing because I think it is an important, and under-rated skill. Important because—when done well—apologies cause people to forgive: to give as they did before.…
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Jan 7, 2021
Sometimes Perfection is Messy…
Greetings and salutations, it’s wonderful to reconnect in 2021. If you’ve been receiving the Wow for a while you know each year I pick a theme I hope will serve…
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Dec 17, 2020
What Would Success Look Like?
As some of you may remember, in 2019 I spent time training at the Edward Lowe Foundation. Among the many things I learned was the value of asking clarifying questions…
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Nov 25, 2020
“We Interrupt this Thanksgiving…”
Those of you old enough to recall watching television programs in a scheduled way may remember hearing the announcement, “We interrupt our program to bring you this important message…” After…
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Nov 19, 2020
Catalyze Complaints: Turn Your Complaints (and Others’) into Coping, Calm, or Conquest
If your days are anything like mine, it’s possible that you run through a daily internal—or external—litany of complaints… your job is making you nutty, your family is unappreciative, your…
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Oct 29, 2020
Don’t Let “For Worse” Friends Bring Out Your Worst
A few years ago I wrote about “foul weather friends.” You know, the people who show up in your life the day you get laid off, your kid gets suspended,…
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