Category Archives: Personal Development

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3 Insidious Mistakes That Will Mess Up Your Life

Have you ever found yourself saying, “I wish I’d known that earlier?”   You’re not alone. Most of us have learned our biggest lesson the hard way, through experience and mistakes.   It’s a weird

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Are You Listening to The Wrong Feedback?

  All feedback is not valid. A big problem with feedback is that we often listen to the wrong sources.   For example, my friend Julie felt called to make handmade cards.    From an

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Why Understanding the Back Story Helps You Solve the Problem

  Whose photo would you rather see on the news, the killer or the hero?   Should we be deconstructing the life of a murderer?   Or honoring the lives of the heroes?   In

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3 Things Successful, Happy People do Differently

I have a ringside seat to the success and failures of others. As an executive coach, I share in the triumphs and challenges of my clients.   One of things I’m really good at is

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Are Your Metaphors Ruining Your Relationships?

  I admit it; I’m a language junkie. I believe that words matter.   I was recently in a business situation that revealed how much our word choice can affect our relationships.   A major

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Who Are You Letting Into Your Head?

    Have you ever been infuriated by someone’s Facebook post?   You’re not alone.    One minute you’re mindlessly trolling pictures of your high school girlfriend’s nephew’s graduation, the next minute, someone’s political post

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Reinventing You: Why Defining Your “Brand” Matters

  Do you have a brand?   The answer is yes. It doesn’t matter who you are, or what you do for a living, you have a brand.   Your brand is your reputation and

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Are You Trying to Make the Wrong Decision

  Do you worry about decisions that you don’t have to make yet?   I call them the decisions after the decision. Worrying about them will totally derail you.   A client of mine was

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How to Protect Yourself from Being Hit in the Gut by the Two-By-Four Called Love

Life is not safe.  You can’t protect yourself from heartbreak. No matter how hard you try. If you love, you’re at risk for loss.   Gut-wrenching, god-awful, soul-searing loss.   Within the last week two

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3 Sales Leadership Takeaways – Health Industry Distributors Executive Conference

How many times do you attend a great presentation or conference packed with helpful information?  But then you neglect to implement what you learned? I make sure that doesn’t happen to my clients. I just

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Why Working At Home Isn’t The Problem Or The Solution

    People often ask me how I can work from home. They say, “I’d be so distracted. I would have a hard time not watching TV or doing the laundry.”   All I can

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