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In my work with executives, highly skilled, good people, with great intentions, I frequently see out-of-place and unrealistic demands that they place on themselves, usually with great “justifications.” I also see so many of them readily assuming unrealistic and inhumane demands from their company. It is easy to blame all this on today’s demands, yet with little effort, we discover…

I attended an amazing conference in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago. It was held by a woman who decided to leave a high-level corporate job and instead open her own business, training others to bring their skills into the corporate world.  As I did with my school, she recognized that although her work was powerful and transformative, the power…

As I spend time with friends who are reaching further on a regular basis to create an impact, to do good, I can’t help but be impressed by their willingness to risk, to take chances, to face their fears and then try something bigger, better, and more powerful. It excites me and gives me permission, if not inspiration, to do…

Today, the first day of April, is Easter Sunday for many of the World’s Christians. It is a day of celebrating the miracle of life over death. In addition, this week is Pesach, or Passover, for the World Jewish Community; commemorating their journey and the blessings that followed. For many more still, April is a month of spiritual and/or religious…

This has been a week of early mornings and late nights revising every single page of my website. Loving every single minute of it. Creating landing pages for so many other offerings, revising articles I wrote a while ago, and, finally, creating the new “brand” of who I am and what I believe needs to be the next focus of…

With the third storm in a short period and roads closed, we are reminded that winter is meant to be that time when we slow-down, hunker up inside, and collect our thoughts while we are doing the inner-work that will come to fruition in the Spring.  For me, this winter has been a period of shifts and changes. I needed…

Have you noticed that your investment in your business, whether in terms of money or time-allotment goes through stages?  I’m not talking about time spent, we can do that easily, but time actually used productively, creatively, and with purpose? I mentioned to someone the other day that for the last 6 or so years I may have attended one seminar a…

Growing up, it never crossed my mind that having a personal goal would be the thing that would change my life. I’ve written books about it. Instead of using the term “Goal” I said, “Dream.” In living it however, they can be one and the same. Having that goal, that dream, brings out a sense of passion, excitement, power, and,…