Raspberry Seeds
Have you ever tried to ignore a raspberry seed stuck between your teeth? It’s impossible! As much as you pretend it’s not a bother, it truly is a nuisance. A lingering distraction. Whatever you are doing - in a meeting, on a phone call, updating reports, exercising, picking up groceries...
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Life Lessons from Nanny
My Nanny (grandmother) was the matriarch of our family and one of the most important and instrumental people in my life. This week, at the age of 95 she took her last breath, much the same way she lived her life, with grace. Over the years, I have learned many...
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All Leaders Fart
(Yes this is includes you too ladies 😊) According to health professionals “everyone farts. Doctors say the average person farts anywhere from 5 to 15 times per day. Farting is a normal”. Let’s not forget that leadership is a human experience. PS: pull my finger.
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Crying in the Rain
Because of the work I do around emotional intelligence I often find there’s a misconception by others that I have all my shit together. That I am immune to emotional hijacking. And that just isn’t true. During a recent coaching conversation around managing emotions, I shared this personal example: It...
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I am Smartest When I am Dumb
I was coaching a mechanical engineer, our first two sessions were awful. Not because of him. He wanted coaching. They were awful because I thought I needed to be a mechanical engineer, I was trying to be smart in a subject I knew absolutely nothing about. After the second laboured...
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I Do Care What Other People Think of Me
I REALLY DO! There’s the old adage that you shouldn’t care what other people think of you. I say poppycock! I think this advice limits our growth, and does more damage then good. Have you ever noticed when this “advice” is given to you? It’s only when someone says something...
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Highlighted Posts
- Dude, Where’s my car?
- Thread Count
- This is Claire
- Like Me
- I Didn’t Notice
- My Impatience
- The Mess
- Two Great Teachers
- Brotherly Love
- Your Core
- Anything Else?
- Did You Touch It?
- Ping Pong Rally
- Ordering Food
- Rent Free
- Fatherhood
- The Flight Attendant
- I Wouldn’t Ask You To Do Something I Didn’t Believe You Could Do
- Riding Shotgun
- Paper Jam