The BOLD (I Wish You Growth Here) Sitting on a rock that jutted out into the air at the highest elevation on the Skyline Drive, I watched three ravens fly in joyous formation, flipping over each other, wing tips rippling in the wind. The sky was startlingly blue and clear all the way down to the […]
The Graceful Transition: Ditch Multi-Tasking to Achieve More
The BOLD (Rock the in Between) One day this week I sank into my pillow mentally listing all the things I’d accomplished that day. The list was impressive and gratifying. It had been a very, very productive day. At the same time, there also days in my life where I cross the finish line with almost no sense […]
The Novelty Method: Ensure Happy Memories by Embracing Firsts
The BOLD (Worth the Memory) I’m reading an excellent book right now entitled The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments. The author, Meik Wiking, is a researcher who studies happiness. In this book, he explores the ways in which happy memories are formed and the benefits of retaining them. Great memories result from […]
The Intentional Wobble: Cultivating Flexibility
The BOLD (Bend and Stretch) It is difficult to remember, as we sit almost perfectly still at home, that our best stance is flexibility. How can we need to be flexible when the days are, as many have noted, unfolding in an eerie Groundhog Day. How much flexibility is needed moving from the bed to the desk […]
The Full-Bodied Life: Living All The Way To Your Toes
The BOLD (Living All In) For much of my life, I lived in my head. I relied on thoughts and words and ideas. The rest of me was this annoying place that didn’t move fast enough, that harbored aches and that needed stuff. Geez. All that began to change a few years ago. On my journey to introduce my […]
The Personal Board: Who Sits at Your Table?
The BOLD (Who Is on Your Team?) A few years ago, I volunteered with an organization that helped entrepreneurs start businesses in the east end of Richmond. One of the organizers, Gunnar Bartels, would ask the participants, “Who is on your team?” Often, they would look surprised at that question. They would remind him that they were […]
The Identity Statement: The Kind of Person Who…
The BOLD (Don’t You Just Love a Good Cycle?) Do you every have a theme emerge in your life? You know, that offhand comment someone makes connects to the book you are reading and the article you saw online. And then two more people include it in conversations with you. This happened to me over the last two […]
The Livable 4: Our Bold Life Foundation
The BOLD (Firm Foundation) Entrepreneurs are told to work both in and on their businesses. When we work in our business, we are doing the tasks and accomplishing the projects that generate our income and create the output that we are in business to create. When we work on our business, we are accomplishing the […]
The Incremental Reward: Mastering Motivation
The BOLD (And the Winner Is) I just finished my quarterly planning retreat. I set aside three days each quarter in order to review, envision and prep the path for my success for the next three months. I used to do annual planning only, but this 12-week focus allows me to reset and realign before I get […]