Tag Archives: awareness

(#413) Don’t Figure It Out

Posted on April 22, 2018 by

Leave room…develop the concept…be free…listen. My current improv instructor reminded the class last week to “get out our heads” and embrace the present. No script. Enhance your partner’s offer. Sense what exists in front of yourself in any given scene. … Continue reading →

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(#412) Choices: Where Do You Choose To Be?

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

Once we choose who we want to be, people grow “to the way in which they have been exercised.” – William James – One of my yoga practices this past week, inspired this blog.  As the instructor coached us into … Continue reading →

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(#408) Self-Evaluation

Posted on March 18, 2018 by

Narrow the focus and help yourself understand what does or does not serve and nourish your soul. I have a quick four question survey I ask audiences to complete for me.  It asks them to consider what we did during … Continue reading →

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(#402) Over Your Head

Posted on February 4, 2018 by

The exceptional leaders take their moments of vulnerability and build on them. The most effective leaders I have collaborated with found themselves there more times than you might imagine. If you haven’t found yourself there yet, you will. At least, … Continue reading →

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(#396) Circle the Wagons?

Posted on December 24, 2017 by

Rather than circling the wagons, maybe we should let the horses run. NOTE to my followers.  This will be my last post for 2017.  Next week in this space you will find my annual end-of-year retrospective.  Thank you for following, … Continue reading →

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(#391) Hotdogs, Weak Signals, and Promising Practices

Posted on November 19, 2017 by

What signals need to be heeded for the future? How can you move “best practices” to “promising practices”? One legend holds that a baseball scorecard salesman introduced the hotdog to the baseball park. The story unfolds in 1905 when Harry … Continue reading →

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(#390) A Seven Week Challenge for Purpose and Growth

Posted on November 12, 2017 by

May you finish 2017 with clarity, peace, and vision for your future as well as those in your life. I am offering you the chance to engage in a seven week journey. Over the past four or five years I … Continue reading →

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