The Bold (Legacy is Generous) A recent trip to Ft. Myers, Florida taught me an important lesson in work, vision, and legacy. It is possible to be so blinded by our own definition of how a project should unfold, of what success entails, that we miss opportunites that would require us to slow down, hand […]
The Contented Appetite: Driving Change with Happiness
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 Mulligan Shot: 2021’s Sticky First Week
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 […]
Prepare for the Unexpected: Part 2–Design Clarity
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. […]
A Tale of the Down Escalator: Perfection, Caution & Action
THE BOLD: (There’s Never a Perfect Time To Start) What is keeping you from starting on your important, inspiring, interesting, needed, delightful project? We can become paralyzed waiting for just the perfect opportunity. How do we know when it is time to jump? We must discover the pivot point between planning and action. The Whisper: […]
What Have We Done To The Word Priority: How to Find the Important Thing
The BOLD (In 1943, There Were No Priorities) We’ve only been speaking about the word priority as plural since 1944. Of course, the word priorities existed before that date, but no one used it. Not really. How can we set our priority for each level of our planning in a way that builds on and […]
Make The Most of Your Morning: Appy Hour Resources
The BOLD (Appy Hour at The Broad) This is the transcript of a presentation that was delivered at Appy Hour at The Broad, a delightful co-working and social space in Richmond, Virginia. At this event, the panelists were asked to present an app or process that has helped them with productivity and effectiveness. I chose […]
Oasis–What I learned on the Road from Here to There
THE BOLD (Whence Cometh My Strength): Sometimes, a little patch of the familiar–like an 8 foot square of east coast grass plunked into a western landscape–can provide welcome relief. Enjoy the familiar without letting it derail your progress toward your desired future. Let the green, green grass of home strengthen your resolve and sooth your heart, but don’t […]
Before and After…What?
THE BOLD (Change In Service to What?): Before and after can be addicting. How do we let our passion for the newly arranged, the freshly painted, the revised and the improved fuel meaningful change? How do we make sure that we will want to live in our afters? The Whisper (Movement, Change, and Direction): I […]