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How and Why I Started Journaling
I have been asked several times recently how and why I started journaling, so it seems fitting to answer it via post. I only started journaling because I was forced…
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How Do You Feel? This is How I Feel.
One of the biggest dangers in communication is unrecognized emotion. As someone who has had to learn how to read body language and be more intuitive, I have come to…
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The Luxury of Clear Priorities
Anytime I drive somewhere I’ve never been there is some angst about not knowing exactly where I am going. There is definitely a hint of hesitation at each turn. Am…
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Communicate So That Someone Cares
I see it way too often in business and life in general that we communicate by saying what we want to say. What if we shifted this to communicate based…
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How Certain is Your Plan?
I wanted to share a story about project planning that happened earlier today. One of our managers has been working with her team on a plan to improve how we…
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Awareness is Worthless
…without action. We love to share statistics, talk about issue, point the finger at someone else, tattle, etc. We often feel like we have made a real difference just by…
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The 5 Personal Disciplines
One of the ways I try to stay grounded and balanced in my life is through my faith and my thought life. That leads me to the application of 5…
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If It Bothers You, Communicate About It
Communication is always an issue. Sometimes it is the issue. In almost every evaluation of performance, projects, meetings, whatever, people feel like the communication could have been better. One of…
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My Bad Habits
I have been in this position long enough to realize that the organization will reflect my bad habits. This has happened to me on multiple occasions now. For a time,…
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Accountability & Empowerment
I had an outstanding conversation with Barbara, my Operations Manager, late Wednesday afternoon. I reflected to her that I have been a little frustrated with some details we missed. Things…
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