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
Lead Boldly Blog
What was Fun?
That's a question I'm starting to ask every day. “What was fun today?” In my business, summer is crazy time. We have all the normal things to do and all the proposals to write for the future work. Meanwhile family wants to play, kids are out of school and so you want...
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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...
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What will you do with your 179 days?
That’s it. Then 2023 will be done. Where will you be? Is it where you want? Is it where you left off in 2022? Somewhere in between. I don’t know about you but this year has been filled with starts and stops and do-overs. But we still have half left. Where do you want...
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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....
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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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