Designing Clarity for Visionary Leadership & Livable Success
The BOLD (Nurture Happiness) Your feeds are full of New Year’s energy, I’m sure. “Jump on this one moment, the only one in which new starts are possible, and make massive plans to conquer space and time itself.” No pressure. My feed is bubbling with the stuff. I love this time of the year. I …
The BOLD (All the Feels) Take a breath. Not a deep breath—that may actually signal to your system that you are in stress and may activate the systems designed to protect you. Take a breath and notice it. All day long, your lungs move air in and out without your attention or intention. This is one of your foundations. …
The BOLD (Got Fear?) If you aren’t feeling fear, you are probably not risking big enough consequences. Of course, bad outcomes are as consequential as good ones. That is why fear is such a necessary part of any endeavor worth undertaking. We might fail. The consequences might be horrible. The consequences might be wonderful beyond anything we can …
The BOLD (Thank You In Advance) Happy Thanksgiving (holiday laden with turkey and stuffing) to those in the United States. Happy thanks-giving (action of delivering thanks where they are due) to everyone everywhere. I am grateful for you, gentle reader. This is the 26th week in a row that this inbox magazine has greeted you. That is 6 months …
The BOLD (Mood Indigo..or chartreuse, or royal blue) “I’m in a mood.” What is a mood, really? How do we differentiate a mood from an emotion? A mood is an emotional state and an emotion is a response. And both moods and emotions influence our actions–they are our action engines. If we are to take responsibility for our emotions, …
The BOLD (Thanks for Thanksgiving) November is the month for Thanksgiving. I love that our holidays line up gratitude before giving and receiving. Anticipating good things with a heart light with gratitude nourishes joy. I wish you joy. The Whisper (Love of Life) My fingers were scrambling to move the pen fast enough to catch all the …
The BOLD (Bring on All the Feels) How are you feeling? As I sit here typing this I am feeling happy to have the opportunity to share, a little frustrated that I didn’t get this written sooner and a tiny touch of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) about the TV show I can hear my husband …
The BOLD (I Feel You) Our emotions are always present. We are told that we need to leave our emotions at the door in order to be professional. The vast majority of us have a habit of apologizing when we cry or show a depth of emotion in a public setting. The reality is that our emotions …
The BOLD (By Design) I’m excited about this topic, which is part two in a three part series about preparing for the unexpected. We are going to explore designing clarity—setting ourselves up for success by building capacity before the surprise arrives so that we can make a different choice in the space between stimulus and response. …
