Topic

Coaching, truth seeking

A collection of 19 issues

Celebrating 100 years of the Job Interview

Thanks for the feedback on last week’s post. It meant the world to me. This week I give you the basic history of the J.O.B. to provide some context for how the concept of how we work is never stagnant. How work became a job We all

Killing Ants

Face it, you're not good enough. Is that the story you tell yourself? You know the saying, “you're your own worst critic?” It's not serving you. I know I've told myself such stories. More than anyone else has told me such stories.

Where have you been all my life?

How many times have you asked that question of something or someone who made you wonder what you did with out it or them? How many people have asked that about you? If you haven't been asked that question. Or asked that question yourself, then pause for a

The power of a little bit better.

Think simple No, not simple minded. But simple. In other words, with clarity and focus. Stripping the bark away to reveal the essence of your life and your work. Ever work with someone who used a lot of words to explain something that could be done in a minute or

Do you know what you've got?

Oil companies make big bets on exploring potential oil reserves. When they find a reserve and it is on private land, they often offer the landowner a payment of $50,000 or so in order to access the land and drill for oil. To these landowners that is a healthy

What is your attention worth?

I missed shipping last week due to a snow and ice storm that knocked our power out for a chunk of the week. I'd started writing it the old fashioned way: on a yellow legal pad. Wondering at the time if the pad would shape the words differently?

How about a 36 month year?

We're four days until the end of a year we can't wait to say goodbye too. I bet 2020 gives new meaning to New Year's resolutions. While we can hate on this year with all our might, it also gave us an opportunity to

The hustle is hard. Are you designed for cruising or for speed?

We're down to the home stretch of 2020. Based on what I see on the interwebs most everyone can't wait for this year to end. Yet less I put a damper on the joys of opening a brand new year, most all that made 2020 so

Beyond 10,000 hours, coaching and can you handle the truth?

How often have you looked at someone in your circle, or someone famous you admire and think, "damn, if only I could have what they have. Then I'd make it?" Or insert whatever excuse the buffet serves up to satiate your lizard brain, whether it'