PLUG Your Leaks: Part 2

There is always a tug a war going on between our weaknesses and our strengths, as well as a tug of war between not over working IN our business and neglecting to work ON our business. If you have experienced a battle on your leadership team, business, or company and you want to build a [...]

Plug Your LEAKS

There is always a tug a war going on between our weaknesses and our strengths, as well as a tug a war between not over working IN our business and neglecting to work ON our business. Today we will focus on weaknesses and how to plug your LEAKS. Maybe you think the strengths approach is [...]

HOIST Your Sails

Each of our top 5 signature strengths are like a SAIL that create momentum in life and business. S: Success A: Authentic I: Invigorating L: Love Today’s article will give you 5 ideas to HOIST those strengths into the air so you can sail toward your dreams. H: Hear What do your family, friends, and [...]

SAIL Towards Momentum

Our top 5 signature strengths are like a SAIL that create momentum in life and business. S: Success A: Authentic I: Invigorating L: Love S: Success Ask yourself what successes have you had in your past or present life–any prizes or awards that you have been given are indicators of strengths? Maybe you won the [...]

Winning at the Game of Life

What does it take to be a good poker player? That’s the question I asked my workshop attendees. The responses were: Get a lucky hand Know when to hold and when to fold Know how to bluff Just like poker, each of us is dealt a metaphorical hand at birth. You have been given a [...]

PERMA(nent) Happiness

Happiness is more than just having a momentary good time in life. The growing school of Positive Psychology is digging deeper into the science and experience of happiness PERMA is an acronym that Martin Seligman uses in his new book, Flourishing, to highlight the 5 elements of happiness, or what is scientifically called, “subjective wellbeing.” [...]

Are You Building Walls In Your Life?

China is famous for the Great Wall. The first Chinese emperor had the massive stone wall built to protect its people from the brutal Mongolian Huns who invaded and pillaged their homes and cities. Building the wall was not only monetarily expensive, it cost hundreds of workers their lives. The wall stretches from the sea [...]

Locked Out of Success?

Can you remember a time you lost your keys? What did it feel like to be locked out? How did you feel when you found your keys? When I attended college–back when we wrote on stone tablets and drew pictures on cave walls–I was infamous for locking my keys in my car. You know what [...]

Find Your Strengths

One man I know answered this question, “procrastination, making messes, and drinking beer.”  Ha! I’ve discovered that many people do not have self understanding or the language to describe their strengths. In fact, many times they communicate what their weaknesses are rather than their strengths. The Strengths Finder 2.0 assessment created by the late Donald [...]

Are You On the Move?

How do you motivate yourself? The words “emotion” and “motivation” both come from the Latin root meaning “to move.”  The two most basic motivational drives that bring people into life coaching are moving away from pain and moving toward pleasure. Pain is experienced physiologically in our brain and bodies. This emotional experience creates motivation to [...]

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