In the last post, I noted that getting organized your way – and finding the discipline to work your system – can also help you learn to manage your time. …
Getting It Together: Part 1, Organization
Last week I was leading a workshop on temperament, but noticed a few other themes creeping in: organization, check-lists, time management, and overwhelm. These concerns come up with my private …
What would you do in 2016 if…
Happy new year! I’ve talked to several people who’ve set goals for 2016 and several who haven’t. There are a lot of benefits to setting goals. They give you something …
What’s your goal for 2016?
’Tis the season to set goals for the new year. Unfortunately, statistics from the University of Scranton show that only about 8% of people successfully achieve their New Year’s resolutions. …
Aiming for Awesome
Last month I was working with a career coaching client in her twenties. We were doing an exercise designed to uncover what she really wanted from a job. Lots of …
Grateful
If you’d like a little gospel music accompaniment while you read this, here’s Hezekiah Walker’s “Grateful”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE0W-kQyz6A Read slowly though; “Grateful” doesn’t really kick in until after the 3 minute …
Choices
My plans include that I blog twice a month. I do that as a service to provide space for reflection for my readers and for me – and simply to …
Storms and Shipwrecks
Many years ago I had a wonderful therapist who helped me through a difficult time filled with loss and change. She said to me, “Right now, you are in the …
Carrots, Eggs and Coffee: A Parable
There is a parable (by an unknown author) called “Carrots, Eggs and Coffee.” It goes like this… A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life …
Tough times? Try compassion.
I exchanged email with my former coach recently. I told him that I’d been experiencing some upheaval in my personal life. I admitted to having a lot of insight about …
