The Leadership Reflex “It isn’t events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgements about them.” — EpictetusThe act of brushing my teeth this morning with my husband’s toothbrush didn’t disturb me. It was only when I realized that it was his that I didn’t feel as great about my dental hygiene.Nothing had changed, simply […]
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What Would This Look Like If I Were Wrong? “What would this look like if I were wrong?” This is the question we need to ask ourselves more. Because when we do, we win.We discover the truth and that should be our motivation. Not to be right, but to discover what is right. Instead we
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I’m Going To Do What I Was Born For Sometimes life isn’t about being comfortable.Don’t wait for the stars to align, the sun to shine, or the red carpet to appear beneath your feet to get up, get out and get to work.We are masters at rationalizing why things should be put off. And often
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Be A Kid Again Be a kid again…Today as I walked across the medical campus from one meeting to another, I found myself with some time to spare and close to my dad’s office/lab. I hadn’t been by his lab in years and was excited to surprise him. However, he had just stepped out. I
Allow For The Pause I could feel anxiety building as I finished up the goat chores. I was already mentally reshuffling my priority list as I walked to the goat cottage to let them outside, a snow day had thrown the schedules of every parent in the area off, I was not alone in that.
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Greatest Of All Time In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, I want to know what in your opinion is the GOAT Super Bowl moment, player or team? (Also, the goats didn’t understand about the game interfering with their dinner time)Also- anyone have strong feelings about who should win? I’m excited to head to the NFL
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Celebrate The Wins It’s easy to miss the wins in society when negative headlines get more clicks. Growing up I read a book called There’s a Girl in my Hammerlock, by Jerry Spinelli, about a girl who goes out for wrestling in junior high and faces the backlash of those who believe girls don’t belong
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We Never Stop Learning “Why don’t you post photos of more people of color on your page? Are you making your events welcoming to everyone?”When I received this message I had to stop and think for awhile before responding.I had to remind myself that there are plenty of people who haven’t followed me on social
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To Be A Follower One of the hardest things a leader – be it at home as a parent or at work- is to be a follower. As parents we spend so much of the first stages of our children’s lives doing things for them, teaching, protecting, clearing paths. At some point, we need to
Everything Else Is Out Of My Control Every single day we are faced with the choice of getting upset about things outside of our control.And most of the time we choose to get upset.Because we live with the illusion of control. We grow up believing that if we do x, y and z – we’ll
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