What does it mean to surrender? On Monday this week, Paul had surgery on his left hand. He had these cord like tendons pulling his pinky fingers on both hands in a downward motion. So the pinky couldn’t be stretched up straight anymore. It’s call Dupuytrens Disease and it’s hereditary. He got the right hand …
Is it simple to get rid of stress? It was one of those times when the big boss called my team into a conference room and told us our manager was leaving and Dan was taking over as our new boss. He asked us if we had any questions and then gave a pep talk …
What is your greatest strength? I’m in a performance review with my boss at the time and he’s telling me that I have “too much enthusiasm” and I may want to tone it down a bit. I could feel my face contorting in a surprised scowl and I was like whaaaaat? Apparently, he had received …
You Have Inner Wisdom – Are you listening? We often know, sometimes long before we accept it, that something is not good for us. For example, I just knew I shouldn’t be taking on a certain client but my mind told me I needed the money so I did it anyway. Then I paid the …
Do people come to you for advice? Do people come to you for advice? They come to me. But it wasn’t always that way. I will tell you why they come to me for advice now by giving you some good advice in the process. I talk about personality a lot. I love helping …
Defining Yourself When I first got clean at 24, I was: angry, scared, ashamed, guilty, used up, and unsure of who I was and what I wanted. I knew I liked to work, please my boss, get things done on time, and also, I liked to dance, feel high, laugh, eat burgers and pizza, and …
Leadership and Culture at Work I get to train a group of Real Estate Execs next week and I’m really excited about it. They are going to dive deep into learning more about themselves, the board of directors, as they work together in their Association. As an Authorized Partner with Wiley & Sons Everything DiSC …
Older and wiser doesn’t mean “done” Have you ever decided to reread a book that you hadn’t read in a long time? You’ll pick up a whole new slew of things you didn’t get out of it the first time, I promise you. I just started rereading a book by Dr. David Hawkins called the Eye of the …
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The Story of Twins Tony and Carl Once there was a cowboy rodeo rider who fell in love with a prostitute and she gave birth to twin boys, Tony and Carl. When they were 12 months old, the mother left her children and their father and never came back. The dad’s heart was broken and …
There are angels among us Twenty nine years ago on July 14, 1993, it was my 33 birthday. It was 10:00 pm on a Thursday night with a light rainy drizzle as I was driving back from West Hartford where I had spent a few hours with my Dream Therapy group. It had been a …
