Seventy-one days ago, I saw this post.
I read it.
I pressed the share button, wrote a little blurb and hit send.
For the rest of that day and every day since, I have intentionally worked toward seeing or cultivating good in the day.
Read MoreMany times in our daily life we can’t control what happens. This was one of those situations. There was nothing I could do but sit in the line up of cars. What I could control was how I reacted. I had a choice:
Get frustrated and mad
Or
Settling in and enjoy some tunes and the amazing landscape.
So I chose to be in the moment to what is.
Read MoreIt's not the fear of the thing, or the doing, that keeps you stuck.
We hear all the time. "Go forward – act your way out of fear, fail, learn from the lessons". Without a doubt, action is the key ingredient to creating movement, change and growth.
You can’t think your way to these things.
But here is the other thing.
It's not the fear of the external event that has you stuck. And if left unaddressed, that fear will be knockin at the next level.
What has you stuck is the fear that the belief you have been championing in your mind is true.
I know many people who intuitively succeed. They seem to go from here to there seamlessly. How is that?
Have you ever wondered what the keys to YOUR success are?
The energy of abundance fuels and directs every breath you breathe into realizing your vision. When you embody abundance you open pathways to bringing your dreams to life.
With an abundance perspective, you believe in the possible. You lead yourself with clarity, confidence and capability. This way of being allows you to focus, in the moment, on what is needed.
Read MoreAs I laid my head on the pillow, I could feel the pull of sweet slumber. A few breaths, and then I felt a tinge, and then a niggle, of angst.
There was a time I would have settled into a few hours of mind-spinning, unhealthy thought-confirming mental acrobatics around this angst and the story I would create about it.
Through a practice of mindful presence, I now know that peace in life and fulfilled sleep will be elusive until I unpacked the issue and sit (in this case — lay) with the emotion underneath it.
With a few deep breaths, I asked the angst, “what is this about?” It took only a moment to surface. Earlier in the day, a colleague from a common group shared that the leadership was inviting them to explore a business opportunity. “Ok, there it is” I told myself, “their success is not your failure.” I rationalized, “I’m happy for them and the opportunity in front of them,” and I was. I could have left it at that, convincing myself that all was good.
Read MoreThe pile for this year’s reading list is remarkedly small and includes a couple of books that I listened to in 2021.
If you know me – you know I covet the annual stack of new books tucked beside my Christmas stocking (purchased by me).
For a number of years, I have read 3-4 books at a time; equally variously espousing my learnings. The consumption became an end in itself. Over time, the more I consumed, the less I integrated into my leadership practices and the more I was coming off rather soapbox and broken record-ish.