I had a barbeque on the 4th of July. I invited friends who have been coming over for years. Except not last year, but that’s not the topic today. Inviting – that’s the topic. I…
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Graduation Thursday
I recently graduated from Miracle Minded Coach training with Marianne Williamson. And I made a big mistake. I didn’t tell many people. I didn’t make an announcement. I didn’t even make a big deal about…
CTLS: the expansive green leader
And now we’re back to the Color Thinking Leadership Series…but before we start, I invite you to imagine a beautiful green valley, or a rolling green lawn, or a shady tree….you pick. I just ask…
More celebrating, please
Last week I celebrated writing the 200th official blog post of this very particular blogstream. I feel like continuing on the theme of celebration, because, well…I feel like it. And it’s the season. Every Monday…
Celebrating 200 with seeds and starts
This is my 200th weekly blog post. I’d been writing them randomly before, so I’m only counting the ones that have been in this weekly rhythm. They started out as little Tapas word bites. The…
the BIG crossover event
Have you noticed how many Crossover things there seem to be these days? There are crossover vehicles, crossover TV “events” (really, an event?), crossover workouts, even crossover software. And then there are hybrids…yes, again with…
CTL: Yellow – be enjoyable
And now we’re back to the Color Thinking Leadership Series…but before we start, I invite you to mentally pick a daffodil or a sunflower or a yellow chrysanthemum or if you aren’t into flowers think…
Reaffirming my love of post-it notes
“Smart people, armed with nothing more than little pieces of yellow paper, can figure out pretty much anything.” –Maggie Huffman How fun to quote myself. Pretentious? Sure. But still fun. It’s from my first book…
Do you really need to defend those boundaries?
I have been hearing and reading so much about boundaries these days, and the need to protect and defend them. I’ve noticed that the language is pretty provocative. You have to guard against the invaders,…
How feeling stupid and failure free us
My niece sent me an article this week on the importance of stupidity in scientific research. It’s a great article – here’s a link. Basically, when we encounter a lot of stuff that we don’t…
