It has been said that if you don't choose what matters most, someone or something will choose for you. With all the competing demands on our time, we naturally find ourselves dealing with the urgent but often missing what is really important in life. That is, unless you have a plan. "Embrace what is meaningful, [...]
Happy Spring! It has been wonderful to enjoy longer days here in the Northern Hemisphere and the gradual warmth of Spring. Signs of life abound everywhere! Something my wife and I are doing for the first time is growing seedlings for flowers and vegetables. It’s definitely been a learning experience, but we’ve enjoyed watching [...]
How's your New Year's resolution? February is a great time to revisit your intentions for 2023. Perhaps you had goals to make some changes in your health, relationships, finances, or career. If you're like many you may be struggling to reach your goals and perhaps even given up. If you find yourself stuck, a technique [...]
Earlier this month, I recommended taking time to REFLECT on your progress for the first half of 2022. Something that you may not have reflected on is the influence your MINDSET is having on your performance. I have found that this is one area I have to focus on daily to ensure success in every area [...]
Happy New Year! This is the time when many think about new goals for the upcoming year. As you do this, you probably already know that to make a big change, or reach a big goal, you want to make it doable. This is done by breaking things down into doable steps to reach the [...]
Margin Is Key in a Crazy World Perhaps you’ve noticed that life continues to be “crazy”. This is due to continued uncertainty in the world and a hectic pace which is accelerating as more and more opens up, post pandemic. I realize not all readers are there yet, but things will open up for everyone [...]
Who Are You? I had two calls recently with coaching clients and both of them surfaced gaps in understanding and embracing identity. These gaps were preventing them from living in alignment with who they are, creating “dissonance” in them and stopping their progress. What Is Identity? By identity I mean how God designed you. Your [...]
Dealing with change is hard! Okay, good change is, well, good. But this past year we’ve all found out just how limited our control is over circumstances, relationships and life. I remember first seeing people walking around wearing a mask and thinking how strange that looked. Now it looks strange if I see someone in [...]
The shadow of Covid-19 will influence how Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated for many of us this year. In times of trials, especially prolonged experiences like we’ve had with Covid-19, it is easy to focus on what we don’t have. It’s healthy to acknowledge loss so don’t deny or stuff those feelings. At the same [...]
The world needs a collective vacation! In a time when it seems harder to find common ground between individuals, I think we all can agree that the world would benefit from some rest and healing. As we head into the last quarter of 2020 weariness has settled in on us as we continue to navigate [...]
