What We Think
You can’t pour from an empty cup. Fill up often.
– Julie Jakopic
What We Think
You can’t pour from an empty cup. Fill up often.
– Julie Jakopic
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Get What You Want…What makes you HAPPY?
Many times, when I ask people what they want, I get answers that seem mostly around big career goals – the better job, the work life balance, and so forth. Or, the reverse, a desire for relief- from the difficult relationship, the insomnia, the exhaustion. Certainly,...
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Get What You Want…Home
It’s been a minute. I hope your 2022 is off to a great start. For me it started with the 8th Create It event, starting three new projects, and a not-Covid cold. Clearly it was time for me to chill, rest, and recover. So, what did I do? Binge watch things of course. My...
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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...
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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...
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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 didn't do...
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Get What You Want…If You Ever Believed in Santa
I did at least until I was five. Then I saw my mom’s friend before he finished dressing the part. They tried to convince me “he was just helping.” But for five years, I believed in a magical thing. And life seemed to live up to it. Here’s the thing. Believing in...
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Get What You Want…You can’t push a river
I don't know about you but sometimes, especially this year, even the simplest things take more time than you can imagine. It feels like we are always playing hurry up and wait. Just like we can't make a river get to the ocean faster, sometimes we have to let things...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Get What You Want…Boundaries
Boundaries. An easy word to throw around. A hard one to honor. Boundaries for where you focus your time. Boundaries on who you let into your space. But if you don’t have them, you will focus on whoever is around and where they want you to look. I get it. It’s hard. We...
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Get What You Want…Do you like you?
It’s been a minute. Actually, more like a month. Summer is my busiest time of year. This year between family losses including my mom’s death and the usual busy, it was just a lot. And I lost track of September. In addition to whatever is happening, the pandemic is...
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