Where Is The Music? #179 Recently, I was reminded of a great quote commonly attributed to Miles Davis. The quote states, “the music is in the space between the notes.” But the quote is from Claude Debussy. Space affords us the opportunity to witness beauty. Have you ever seen the moon rise? It’s an incredible experience when you can sit…
Space To Be #178 Recently, I was leading a retreat at an all-inclusive location. It was amazing, and because everything was taken care of, it left us all to do one thing – take care of ourselves. For most leaders, that is a foreign experience. Simple things like sleep, the healthy foods which were abundantly provided, the non-digital environment which…
Love What you Do #177 What can I do to change, improve, impact, and engage others? It’s a big question. Do you wake up wondering how you can maximize your impact on yourself, your team at work, your company, your community, perhaps even the world? If not, why? What if 50% of your job was to do your job impeccably.…
Rules To Live By #161 Sometimes you see a message and it fits. This one was posted by Marnie Gibbs and I changed the title. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. 1. Never shake a hand sitting down. 2. Learn how to cook a signature dish. 3. Spend 30 min. a day reading up on current…
10 Reasons to Get Over It #159 The biggest opportunity to build trust is when there’s a break or absence of trust. What? It’s true. When there’s a break, disagreement, or conflict of any sort, we all cringe. No one looks forward to conflict, healthy or not. And yet, it’s the single greatest opportunity to build trust, repair the relationship,…
A Worthy Checklist #156 Thank you to Michael Allosso for a wake-up call in the form of a checklist from his You On Your Best Day workshop. I was coursing through documents and revisited this one again today. It is worthy of my attention and something I’ve chosen to post in my office as a reminder. I’d like to say…
Either Way, You’ll Be Right #154 Abundance. It’s easy to forget there’s more than enough of everything when you focus on what you don’t have. I see it every day with teams as we check in quarterly regarding their goals for the year. For those measuring on a calendar year, it often happens around June or September. They look at their…
15% to Goal Lessons #150 This series of 50 blog posts has been interesting as well. For those new to this, I’m on a journey to 1,000 posts writing 5 blogs/week Monday through Friday, with none missed over the four years it will take to complete this mission. Here are my lessons this series: It’s been more fits and starts or binge and…