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When You Are Stuck
As you know, I coach Professionals to break through the barriers that hold them back. And having coached hundreds of professionals over the years, I’ve observed some things that may be helpful to you. Why You Are Stuck Your professional career is built on rises and...
Is The Sky Really Falling?
A friend of mine forwarded an article published by Harvard Business Review entitled, “How to Manage Stress When the Sky is Falling.” The author is Michael Gervais, a high-performance psychologist whose list of clients include top athletes, musicians, artists and CEOs...
I Hired A Technician
My Experience In an earlier day, before I knew better, I had an experience that I will never forget. It taught me that, instead of an advisor, I hired a technician. A gift of stock was given to me by an old, living relative. Being ever thankful, it was enough to...
Rise To Your Occasion
Interesting Times You have heard ad nauseum the same descriptions used to describe the last couple of months. I wrote about them last week here. But I prefer to use “unusual” or “interesting” times. Words like these aren’t negatively loaded and allow you to rise to...
Remember What You DO Know
For the last couple of months, the same words have dominated our vocabulary: uncertainty, anxiety, fear, what we don’t know, etc. And because they are repeated over and over again in our conversations and news reporting, our perception of the current situation is...
Things That Are Not Cancelled
A Leader Mindset When my friend Jim sent me his response to last week’s Monday Message about taking charge and looking for the opportunities in this crazy time, you could see his leader mindset rise up. For instance, in response to all the cancellations as a result of...
Awesome Leader Thinking
In a recent coaching meeting, I met with a leader who had every reason to feel defeated. Instead, she exhibited awesome leader thinking. Here’s how it went. Could It Be Worse? As a result of the coronavirus, she said, "Our business is all about meeting and connecting...
Don’t Forget To Remember
From THE Coach Last Saturday, I listened to Coach Bob Huggins’ post-game interview after winning the last game of the regular season (beating #4 Baylor). He said some things that reminded me how important it is not to forget to remember. “[Before the game,]We had two...
True Professionalism
Two Surprises It was one of those events that just happens, but I was still surprised—twice. A broke-down car and an encounter with a true professional. While driving home from a client in another state, my almost-new car broke down in a rural stretch of the...
Sometimes You Have To Lead Up
Immature Boss Last week's message was about adapting adult ways of interaction with your peers and colleagues instead of reverting to juvenile behavior. You can read it here. But what if your interaction isn’t with a colleague but with an immature supervisor?...
