Top Three Values: Part III - Open-mindedness
Earlier this year, I was asked to do a “values” exercise and identify my top three values. What I came up with was the following: 1. ...
Top Three Values: Part II - Accountability
Image by Ezequiel Octaviano from Pixabay Earlier this year, I was asked to do a “values” exercise and identify my top three values. What...
Top Three Values: Part I - Self-Honesty
Earlier this year, I was asked to do a “values” exercise and identify my top three values. After making several lists, ranking and...
Your dreams are valid even when they are not a reality (yet!)
As we’ve all discovered at one time or another, life doesn’t always roll out the way we want it to. Sometimes it feels like we have no...
A Case for Taking the Long Way
I’m not so naïve to think that we can stop technological advancements that will continue to fundamentally change the human experience. We...
If your relationship with time were a marriage, would you want a divorce?
We can look at time as objective and non-negotiable. And it is. You get 24 hours each day. Your friends and co-workers get 24 hours. The...
Wanting more does not equal ungratefulness.
A phrase that often follows someone’s longing for something beyond their reach is “But I should be grateful for what I have.” This can...
Confronting your fear of confrontation
It seems people’s feelings about confrontation exist along the spectrum from those who avoid it at all costs to those who lean into it...
Is pursuing your “dream job” a fantasy?
I recently returned to a “9-5" work week, and I must admit, it’s been an adjustment. It has been a long time since I’ve been on someone...
Deal with the problems you have. (Not the problems you wish you had.)
Imagine there is a wall, and your goal or desire is on the other side of the wall. You can decorate the wall to make it more...