The Olympics Remind Us; All Athletes are Failures
The exciting thing about sports is that there is a pile of highly trained athletes who fail to take the top spot for every winner. The quantity of failures is vastly larger than winners….
Lessons Learned
Massive ROI: Givers Gain
Looking for a way out of the pain caused by setbacks and failure? Serving others is a powerful tool that heals and restores.
Cut Through the Chatter
…the point of this note is not to spin into full-on sci-fi mode but instead to wonder out loud. If we are surrounded by coursing waves of energy and are inundated by the voices in our heads (if you are like me, the rivers of inner dialogues run wild), how do we stand a chance at cutting through the clutter?
Five Steps to Overcome Bitter Mistakes
How you respond to mitakes determines your personal and professional future. REs
Tips for Rapidly Moving Beyond Failure
Here are three tips to remind me of the impermanence of success and maximize a learning opportunity when I make a blunder and fall on my face.
Whose Business Is It Anyway?
Everyone has an opinion but whose business is it really when it comes to our life on this planet.
I Fail Daily: Fat and Frozen
Coaching My Real Life I awoke to freezing temperatures this morning. If by this I meant the temperatures outside, you might not lift an eyebrow. I live in Maine, and after all, it’s the middle of winter. But the low temperatures I speak of were inside, and they remained low even after I turned on …
I Fail Daily: A Case for Broken Glass
I watched as he worked for hours on his latest creation. He was fond of saying that every moment he had spent on this earth was preparation for this new gift he was bringing into the world. He took his work very seriously and had a collection of professional achievements that spoke of his commitment …
“What Did You Fail at Today?”
Imagine if you were asked this question at dinner every evening? Imagine if the conversation around your dinner table was exploring the ways you had failed that day, what you’d learned, and what you plan to do differently? How might your perception of failure be different? What would be different if you had experienced the …