Picture it…beautiful, sunny, tropical island. You’ve seen it in travel brochures, Corona commercials, and countless web links. Amazingly clean white sandy beaches, palm trees, a hammock or oh-so-comfy lounge chair overlooking ocean that is an impossibly blue-green color. Sounds delightful? Unfortunately, it’s the wrong place! Several weeks ago, I was on a coaching call with…
It’s been a week since I said I wanted to start a movement and challenged you to ask the simple question, “If you could have a small miracle today, what would it be?” I wonder, have you done it? I have asked a number of people and have received some interesting responses. Most notably, several…
I’ve been teaching communication skills for ten years and this simple fact is one of the key lessons. My hope is for people to become more self-aware, to really think about what they want to accomplish and how they approach what they’re doing, so the impact (the outcome) of their actions is in fact what…
At my last corporate job, I taped Christmas cards to my office door during the holiday season. When I received a small gift in the office, I taped the gold bow that was on it to my door also. After the holidays, as I was taking down the cards, I decided to leave the bow,…
I’ve been thinking a lot about integrity and character lately. I’ve heard it said that the true test of a person’s character is what he or she does when they believe no one is watching. Here are a couple of examples that have stuck with me: I used to live in Central Washington State, in…