Tag Archives: strengths
Where Does Your Life’s GPS Take You?
I love Starbucks – I just love rich, dark-roasted coffee. So when I travel, one of first things I check for is the nearest Starbucks. I love being able to enter “Starbucks” in my GPS and have it clearly and easily help me navigate in any unfamiliar territory my way to my goal – a venti, iced … Continue reading
Are You A Life Drifter?
Do you change jobs often? Friends don’t seem to stay long? Never really happy where you are or doing what you do? Welcome to life drifting – aimlessly rolling through work, life and relationships without any real sense of where you belong or how to live a life that really matters. My coaching world connects with … Continue reading
I’ll Have the Usual…
Really? Why should any of us look for or want the usual? After all, there is nothing “usual” about any of us. Each of us is unique – we have unique talents, strengths and passions that allow us to be good at some things and not others. We love some things and not others. And … Continue reading
Quit Complaining – It’s Bad For Your Health
Okay, here’s the situation. I’m in line at Starbucks (seems I am always here). The two people in front of me are nicely dressed – and seem professional. Then I hear them talk. Complain, complain, complain…about everything – their kids, their jobs, waiting in line, the weather. All this in the couple of minutes it … Continue reading
Who Decides for You?
Life is about choices. We are fortunate enough to live in a country that allows us to make many choices about our lives (imagine living in North Korea, Iran, Syria, China, or in so many other places). Despite this, few of us really value our power of choice – we pass the controls to others – … Continue reading
Greatness Isn’t Selfish
I just love this quote by Marianne Williamson: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not … Continue reading
You Can’t Be Anything You Want To Be
“Despite the American myth, I cannot be or do whatever I desire – a truism, to be sure, but a truism we often defy. Our created natures make us like organisms in an ecosystem: there are some roles and relationships in which we thrive and others in which we wither and die.” Parker Palmer from … Continue reading
How Life Is Like A Box From IKEA
In my last job as a director of education, I was fortunate to be able to create an education center for the company. Besides the building layout, resources planning and appearance, our education team had to buy all of its furniture. Working for a company that always watched the bottom line, we selected a line … Continue reading
