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...
Get What You Want…What do you want for 2022?

Get What You Want…What do you want for 2022?

As we near the end of the year and we start taking stock, your year may again look nothing like what you’d planned. And that’s ok. Didn’t get it all done? No worries. I bet you got more done than you think. And managing uncertainty takes energy. I know lots of people...
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…Proceed until Apprehended

Get What You Want…Proceed until Apprehended

It’s been another interesting week. Lots of opportunities and lots of ways it could be derailed. I learned a long time ago, that if I wait for the blocks to be cleared, I’ll be waiting a while. I could have waited for permission to reach out to the leaders I have...
Get What You Want…Focus on Yourself

Get What You Want…Focus on Yourself

When I was a synchronized swimmer, it was easy to compare myself to others. Especially my duet partner. In duet, the job is to be together perfectly matched. But in solos and figure competition, well, your job is to be the best you can be. Period. Full stop. You both...
Get What You Want… How do your talents blend?

Get What You Want… How do your talents blend?

I have spent nearly half a century trying to be “not” my mother. She was beautiful, brilliant, and troubled. She lived an amazing life that I am not sure she ever enjoyed. I am not like her by temperament. But as I listed all the career shifts, she had including...