Compliments are powerful and very valuable. When was the last time you received a compliment? When was the last time you gave a compliment? Studies show that receiving a compliment has the same positive effect as receiving cash. So, here’s a few dozen compliments that suddenly seem very powerful and extremely valuable. You look amazing […]

Ever heard the axiom “if you want something done, ask a busy person”? My experience says it’s true. Busy people know how to manage their time and, when asked, can often squeeze one more thing into an already busy schedule. I have discovered something similar in my coaching work that is often equally true. People […]

I don’t consider myself a technology geek by any stretch of the term, but from time to time, I dip my toe into the tech world and am rarely disappointed. While reading about the clutter of signals that surround us but are invisible to the human eye, I became aware of an app titled Architecture […]

A Bitter Mistake In the early 1870s, two brothers took over a London-based family business following their father’s death.  Anxious to make a great success, the brothers entered their product into a city-wide competition. One brother redesigned the bottle while the other designed and printed the label. When they realized the mistake, there was no […]

According to the literature on the topic, on average, humans speak approximately 16,000 words each day. When you consider the average news article is around 800 words, the average blog post is between 250-300, and social media posts recommend between 60 and 150 words. With many, much longer, it is no surprise people feel buried […]

Failure sucks. In its wake, doubt and fear undermine every waking hour. Fear of being viewed as “less than” cripples, we convince ourselves that everything we touch is doomed to the same “less-than” fate. We isolate to avoid judgment from others while we heap brutal critiques on our heads. We watch our world crumble as […]

For better or worse, I am fascinated with Tik Tok. Like on other social media platforms, humor, education, wisdom, wit, and beauty appear alongside gross misinformation, rampant bigotry, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and other dark elements that should make any reasonable human run for their life. And yet, I open the app more times each […]

I Fail Daily: Self-Care Rx If I were inclined to judge (wink, wink), I might observe some weeks as better than others. This week, for instance, might be considered a bad week.  I have totaled my car (run-ins with a bolting stag has that effect), mourned the passing of a dear relative (damn cancer), juggled […]