Get What You Want… $H!t Happens

Get What You Want… $H!t Happens

It just does. I can remember being very upset the day I left for my honeymoon. It was a great day, planning for fun and celebrating the birth of my first niece Becky and the first of the next generation.  And then my mother called. Her bank accounts had been frozen...
Get What You Want…Make It Stop

Get What You Want…Make It Stop

Do you ever get anxious and over-think? Or you walk into a meeting or hop on zoom in a perfectly good mood but by the time the meeting ends, you are wearing your arms as earrings as your shoulders tense up? How do you stop it? You’ve got to get out of your head. Here...
Get What You Want…Get Happy

Get What You Want…Get Happy

Ok. I know the anniversary of lockdown is tomorrow. But that makes this even more important. Being miserable never helped anyone or anyone around them.  Success doesn’t lead to happiness; happiness leads to success. Doing more of what makes us happy matters.  1. It...
Get What You Want…with Integrity

Get What You Want…with Integrity

This week I have struggled with this email. What can I say about getting what you want that honors the moment and is helpful to a community of readers from across the country, across the political spectrum and at all levels of their careers? I come to this as a writer...
What If Wednesday – What if…there are 86?

What If Wednesday – What if…there are 86?

There are 86 days left in 2020. That’s it. I don’t know about you but I am still not sure where the year went. Did we actually have spring and summer? I think most of the year went to waiting. Waiting to understand the pandemic. Waiting to open. Waiting to...
What If Wednesday – What if…you don’t get a pass?

What If Wednesday – What if…you don’t get a pass?

I spend time helping others lead boldly and cope with hard things. That was true before 2020 and will be true after. I’ve learned a lot leading in crisis and share it in the hopes of making it easier for others to serve well and come out stronger on the other side....