Be Careful With These Two Words Depending on who you’re talking to, these two words can be either encouraging or demoralizing. The two words? “At least.” Sometimes “at least” means “at a minimum.” I’m not talking about that usage. I’m talking about the times...
Screw Your ‘Best Self’ At Target, I saw a bunch of T-shirts in the kids’ department with these inspirational sayings: Work Hard. Shine Bright. BEAUTIFUL STRONG Find Your Power Be Your BEST SELF. And I kinda wanted to gag. I know, I know. I can hear you saying it: “But...
3 Ways to Fascinate Your Audience Awhile back, my family and I visited the middle-of-nowhere podunk town of Goldendale, WA and its observatory. The girls got to reposition the telescope, we looked at the sun (through filters, of course) and Sirius, and then...
Make It Easy for Others to Give You What You Want What do you want from others? How good are you at giving those things? We tend to be well in tune with our own desires and needs, especially when they aren’t being met. We forget sometimes that others want, at a...
AUTHENTICITY: ARE YOU USING IT AS AN EXCUSE? “What do I do,” a client asked me once, “when someone is droning on and on about a subject I don’t care about? Do I just sit quietly and pretend to care? That doesn’t seem authentic.” That word, “authentic”—it gets...
I am Amazing. And Broken. Just Like You. Every January, a brand new year begins, full of promise. Every square on the calendar is empty, waiting for us to fill it with life well-lived. Several of my friends have had new babies in the first few days of January,...
