WE ALL NEED A LITTLE MORE STRESS

This week on Monday afternoon  I was ready to rush out the door of the office after a long day of back to back appointments.  Of course, I had just one more appointment to get to before making the hour-long drive to meet my family for dinner later that evening. 

YOU CAN’T HAVE IT ALL

My message today may not be popular. And that’s OK, as I realize these letters are as much letters to myself as they are to the team. I write from a place of being willing to struggle with a topic much more than from a place of mastery of a topic.

THE PANDEMIC OF INDIFFERENCE

This week has been a challenge for all. As an organization, as entrepreneurs, as leaders, of course, we are no strangers to challenge. In fact, we often take them head-on, look for them, strategize weekly on how to solve them, and we have even said that how we tackle those challenges is our competitive weapon.

PULL THE CORD

This week I have been studying a group of CEO’s across multiple industries for a project I have been working on – retail, manufacturing, technology, financial, communication. I am a firm believer that we can learn from the past and reinvent for the future. I was reading about the original Toyota founder, Sakichi Toyoda.

THE KEY TO CONFIDENCE

This week while working on a project,  I was able to spend some time with a few business owners from different industries.  While I interviewed them I was looking for what the root cause of their success has been over a period of one year, five years, ten years, and in one case over a series of decades.

ONE DAY AT A TIME

I find myself too often thinking about tomorrow, next month, next year.  This world has a way of pushing us into the future without giving enough attention to today.  I could write on the topic of being present, living experientially, the stoic philosophy of being still ... but today, lets just focus on today.

I Am Flexibly Stubborn

What caused the sudden fascination with flexibility? I attempted (yes, I am going to use that word) yoga for the first time in my life. Perhaps it was my sudden realization around how inflexible I really was that caused me to think about where else in my life may I be demonstrating that.

That is because most of us are in a place where we “will be ok” no matter what.  We set goals, we have dream boards, we made promises to ourselves and even those around us, and then we set out unknowingly looking for reasons or excuses why it’s not possible or necessary to hit that goal, achieve that dream, or deliver on that promise.  Well this year showed up and gave us all a reason real quick.  We didn’t have to look too far.  And many have simply decided to take it.  I am calling on all of you burn that idea.

Stop Surviving. That Isn’t Your Choice.

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." - Maya Angelou

Redefine Your Perspective

I walked over to a large piece of driftwood that has been there for as many years as I can remember.  Although I came out before the sun came up to get in my morning run, I found myself sitting down and getting mesmerized for the next half hour…

It’s Time to Grow

You probably didn’t head into this weekend expecting a lesson in botany, but neither had I