Some of the most moving coaching conversations I have had in my life have been with teens and young adults who have lost their bearings and lost their way. What I love about this population, besides the fact that for several years I was one of them, is how quickly they seem to be able to regain their center and tap back in to their innate resilience and creative potential…
How would you run your business if money was simply a detail to be taken into account, and neither a driving force nor a “necessary evil”?
Twice a year, my business manager and I get together to take a fresh look at the business side of what I do. We examine the numbers, review the past six months, and look eighteen months into the future to get a sense of where things might be going and any adjustments we might want to make…
One of the great distinctions I’ve learned from the work of Syd Banks is between meditation as a practice and meditation as a state of mind…
Last week, I wrote an article about Sandy Hook and spent much of the week responding to emails from people who had been touched by the article and by the shootings in Connecticut. Shortly after I finished writing the article, our dog Abby died unexpectedly of heart failure and I posted a brief eulogy on Facebook. That in turn prompted hundreds of expressions of sympathy, many of which shared similar experiences and almost all of which expressed the common bond of those who have loved and lost a beloved pet…
Last week, we looked at how pressure is not an inherent part of any job or activity, but rather something we ‘add in’ to the mix with our thinking. But even though pressure and stress are uncomfortable, if I offer people to wave a magic wand and take it away, many people decline my offer…