In our professional lives especially, it often seems that to be seen as authoritative, prepared, and trustworthy, we must approach our actions and communications with an extensive script. But living our truth doesn’t necessarily get the airtime it needs when we over-script ourselves. Recently, Gail Larsen took the time to chat with me about the power of being unscripted, a conversation which illuminated the richness of heartfelt communication.
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How to Figure Out What’s Next
Making space for confusion—and curiosity—at times where we are attempting to find clarity may seem like an oxymoron. But when we’re faced with the question of “What’s Next?” at any period of transition, asking ourselves pointed questions without creating pressure for an immediate answer can help us see what we’re really feeling.
How to Make Deciding to Get Started Feel Easy
Many of us overcomplicate the concept of getting started. The fact is, what it takes to get started is the step, the domino-tipping action that feels so weighty until it’s done. Worrying about having all the supplies or waiting for a particular point in the calendar can bog us down with the extraneous details, distracting…
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Tools For Imagination and Change
“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” ~ Leo Tolstoy I slipped on my sneakers yesterday morning, looped the leather barrel laces together, and out of nowhere was ambushed by my brain. “You are behind schedule. You need to catch up.” In a nanosecond, my mood shifted. Gone was my joyful state, anticipating a brisk…
How to Reset Your Body & Mind
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust Good morning from Boston! I am currently on a book tour for BUOYANT and have been reminded once more of the sweet reset travel offers to every fiber of my being. Travel has a way of getting under our skin…
How to Move the World
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” ~ Archimedes I wrote my first business plan in 2005 as part of an assignment in one of my Master of Entrepreneurship courses. Sixty-five pages long and filled with charts, graphs, pro forma statements, and data, it…
