Step into the Heat

Step into the Heat

Yeah, I know. We usually say get out of the heat. But what if you step in to the difficult conversation? What can you make happen? What can you change? Sure, stepping into the trouble spot has risk. But it also has opportunity. What hot spot can you step into to make...
What’s Next?

What’s Next?

That is what I am trying to decide. And I need 2 minutes or less of your time to help. I have quick survey for you. If you have followed me for a while, you know I wrote a weekly blog about problem-solving, self-discovery, communication, and leadership for four years....
Get What You Want…Don’t Leave Claw Marks

Get What You Want…Don’t Leave Claw Marks

I love this quote from David Foster Wallace, “Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.” It could easily apply to me for most of my life.  But here’s the thing, when it’s time to let go, it’s time to let go. And clinging? It just makes things harder on...
Get What You Want…Look for the Good Stuff

Get What You Want…Look for the Good Stuff

It’s been a very strange week. My sense of things is somewhat out of sync with reality. And not in a particularly fabulous magical way. Quite the reverse. On Sunday I hung out in sweats on the couch with Netflix in the background. I would have told you I...
Get What You Want…The Cure for Anxiety Is…

Get What You Want…The Cure for Anxiety Is…

Feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed? I don’t know about you, but I know I have days where the stack of things I think need to be done, by me, and now is taller than I am.  Ok, at 5’1” that’s not as tall as it might be, but it can be overwhelming and anxiety-producing....
Get What You Want…Not Another Thing

Get What You Want…Not Another Thing

Are you done? So many of the people I work with are. The next thing, no matter how big or small, will break the proverbial camel’s back.  Just as water is still at 211 degrees and boiling at 212, just the thought of one more thing feels like it is the difference...