The Glass is Already Broken “The glass is already broken” is a maxim repeated often in our house.It comes from a story of a zen master who had a prized cup, and while he chose to use it and show it to others, he also repeated to himself “the glass is already broken”, that way, […]
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Motivation Requires Purpose The Purpose of Chasing Squirrels and BallsThis week’s question comes from a supervisor asking about how to best motivate her team- “…they just don’t seem to care anymore, and the quality and effort of work is not what it used to be. I saw your posts about being self motivated but how
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Was that an explanation or an excuse? Wait- was that an explanation or an excuse? The difference matters, and if you are a leader at work, a parent, a coach… you want to make sure you get it right. Does this sound familiar? You get ready to explain why something didn’t happen as desired (didn’t
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Courage looks like this Courage looks like this. Being courageous doesn’t mean you are without fear. Courage requires shaking hands with fear. It takes courage to be kind. It takes courage to be scared and still move forward. Courage is finding the light no matter how deafening the darkness feels. When I think of courageous
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Trying to figure out this human thing Having a high risk kid during Covid made it hard to feel part of our small town community the last two years. Last night as we gathered for the homecoming parade I looked around with gratitude for the people around me. For while I disagreed with how our
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We never know the full story Suicide awareness month may come to a close at the end of September, but for so many families their is no end to their grief after losing a loved one to suicide.And while many families are pushing back against the stigma of suicide by speaking out about the loss
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Which handle have you chosen today? Which handle have you chosen today?Everyday we are given multiple opportunities to grab the right handle. Accountability vs Blame.Compassion vs Resentment. Empathy vs Anger. Curiosity vs Criticism.When we grab the right handle, the event itself doesn’t change, what happens next does. I had an event planned for Sunday afternoon
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On Holding Space What not to say to someone suffering- be it from burnout, grief, illness, tragedy…“I couldn’t do what you do.”“I couldn’t live with that pain.”“I couldn’t handle that schedule.”“ I couldn’t do that.”To keep it simple- do not start any sentence with “I couldn’t” in response to hearing another person’s story of struggle
Swing and a miss Swing and a miss.The hatchet sliced through the air, leaving the piece of wood entirely unharmed.This happened after I struggled in demonstrating the kindling splitter.Struggled to use a knife to demonstrate batoning wood for kindling.Sprayed myself in the face with a hose.And had to have my 7 year old greet campers
We Can’t Control the Actions of Others If you build it- they still may not walk on it.We can’t control the actions of others. Which means, our motivation to do something can’t come from an external outcome, from expectations of another person’s reaction, actions or words. When it does, & reality fails to meet expectation-
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