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 (Take a Mulligan) At first, I thought it was just me. Then I had some conversations—with clients, with colleagues, with friends—and apparently many of us have had a very sticky first 12 days of 2021. The good news is that new start can have a new start. We can still rock 2021. Even if …
The BOLD (Focus Shines) Imagine that your focus is a laser beam. Lasers concentrate the energy of light into a beam that can cut steel. Concentrate your focus and you can cut through obstacles, distractions, and obscurity. Given that, it is important to pay attention to where you spend your energy to generate that focus. Choose well. The …
The BOLD (Well Done) I have had several conversations recently with high-performing, wildly successful clients that revealed an insidious shadow side of success. The drive to do good work, to make and impact and to create a legacy sometimes drives us past the point where celebration is warranted. My grandmother believed that if you praise children, …
The BOLD (Someday, I will…) She had a grand plan for how her life would change. Once she achieved the income in her career that she felt she needed to feel comfortable, she would start throwing the pottery that she loved. She made the promise to herself and devoted her focus to She didn’t lack the equipment. Her …
The BOLD (Why Not Ask?) There was a movie reviewer whose reviews I disliked. I disagreed with almost all of his conclusions and took issue with many of his opinions. Being young and foolish, I was vocal about my objections. This was foolish because it said more about me than it was ever going to say about him. It …
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 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 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 …
