Know Your Story is Rule #1 of living a Fantastic Life. Stories have the power to build us up or reduce us to a shell of who we are meant to be. Telling the right story is critical to creating your path. The stories we tell ourselves everyday, when we wake up, when we lay down at night, and in… Read more →
Yearly Archives: 2021
4 Questions To Ask Yourself
In a recent Strategic Coach class, I was in a breakout session with entrepreneur Geeta Nadkarni. In that session, she shared that she asks herself 4 questions every single day (see below for these questions). Rule 1 of The Fantastic Life is to Know Your Story. Of course, we want to talk to ourselves in a positive and powerful way. We also… Read more →
A Nap Should Be a Snack
Yes, I have an ongoing “thing” with naps. I am an avid napper, and the more I learn about how beneficial they are, the more I embrace a good nap. Here is one more tidbit: View a nap as a snack, not a meal. You can read more in the blog below or more here but a quick nap is all you… Read more →
The Case for Kids
I have 4 children and they have been the best thing I have ever been involved with. That alone could be the sole message of this LIFEies. If you want to live a Fantastic Life—have kids. Adopt kids. Mentor or coach kids. Just spend time around kids. Kids give us more than meaning. They also give us: —Perspective. I… Read more →
Finding Success Every Day
I’ve been thinking a lot about success AND the journey getting there. One idea that I keep coming back to is: how can I find success every day? How can I feel like I had a successful day? Win every day? We all know about big wins, but I want to really feel success regardless of what happens with those big… Read more →
Building Trust Quickly
One area I think about all the time is building deep and meaningful relationships…That means build trust too. I have spent almost four decades building teams and now have the best team I have ever had in no small measure because they trust me. Below is an article on building trust faster. 1—Make them feel safe. Create an environment that… Read more →
Self-Help Reading Primer
Since I wrote The Fantastic Life (order your copy here), I have been reading more and more books in the “self-help” category. Some are good, some great, some are just ok. Still, I learn something from every single book. I thought I would share a couple of the best self-help books I have read in the past 3-4 years and send… Read more →
Really Connecting Series 2
I hope your week of connecting was fun and enlightening. I know I thought about it, worked on listening without judgement and loved a number of conversations I had this past week. Let’s go a bit deeper this week. –Connecting is not just words, it’s a sense of being open and available. Body language, facial expressions, how we simply say… Read more →
Really Connecting Series 1
One of my top 10 goals for the past few years has been to be more present. In 2021, I changed it to be intensely present. While I am a big work in progress, some of the work has already paid off. I am more relaxed, have better conversations and am starting to really connect with everyone I come in contact with. This week… Read more →
Living Each Moment
Tackling mindfulness and living in the moment is an ongoing topic of my life and therefore my LIFEies. The idea of living life now is so compelling and spot on, I hope you have been thinking about it and working on it too. Below is a nice article on six steps to living in the moment. Here are three that I personally like and have incorporated into my… Read more →