Have you ever thought about the power of your words? [Tweet "You create power every time you open your mouth."] Choose your words and you’re choosing your thoughts. Choose your thoughts and you’re managing your energy. Manage your energy and you’re becoming conscious. Become conscious and access...
It’s been a tense week here in DC – in the news and in the house – as my furloughed husband putters around unable to work for the people; our family income literally held hostage to dysfunctional leadership. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. As tempting as it is to withhold genuine...
Can you achieve what you don’t imagine? The moment you can imagine what success looks and feels like is the moment that it becomes attainable. Details matter. Trust me, I used to be a project manager and the devil is definitely in those pesky details. But there are so many details! It’s...
When you have a disagreement, look for the right/right/new approach. In each disagreement, you must hold onto whatever is most right about your point of view. Let go of the rest. Too often when others push back on our approach, we fall into right/wrong thinking instead of right/right/new thinking....
Ever lose* a win-win argument? A win-win resolution to a conflict means finding a solution neither one of you has thought of yet. *If you did, I want to hear about it! I'm betting your answer is "no," and you may have struggled a little to think of the last win-win argument you won. Why don't we...
I blew it. Goofs happen. Give them the energy they need, not the energy they deserve. So I just screwed up. Well, it wasn’t all my fault, but that’s not the point. I missed someone else’s minor goof and compounded the problem gloriously. All with the best of intentions! Teetering in that place of...
What does it mean to “hold space” for someone (or something?) It’s a skill to apply to many things, but it always takes energy. What are you holding space for right now? Is it worth the energy you’re giving it? I first learned the term “holding space” as a gift that we give to others when we...
Sometimes we catch flack for shifting our style to adjust to circumstances. [Tweet "Better to shift and succeed than stand and fail… unless failure is the lesson you need. via @DanaTheus"] The truth is that sometimes it’s good to be flexible and adapt and sometimes you need to stand strong. You...
How many choices do you really make freely? As though you truly had an option? Notice how often you feel like you don’t have a choice and then ask yourself how you’d think about it differently if you did. Act as though you do. Because you do. We fight for freedom of choice and then take it...
What you do when someone provokes you determines everything to come. Punch back, and you’re in a fight. Recently someone provoked me. I don’t think they actually meant to pick a fight with me, but for a moment I felt punched in the gut and saw red. I almost punched back and escalated the exchange...
