Reader, which would you choose? I have to start with a huge thank you! Within an hour of last week's email drop, I was rifling through the top drawer of my vanity, and my Aunt Dorothy's ring dropped into the palm of my hand. 🤯💖 I was joyful and immediately felt this resulted from all the good energy you sent me. Finding this ring at that moment seemed like a fortuitous sign, leading to the story I'm sharing today. One big decision I made at the end of last year was to put my creative energies...
9 days ago • 3 min read
Reader, I can't believe this happened. My beautiful gold and diamond ring that belonged to my Aunt Dorothy is missing. 😠Aunt Dorothy was unable to have children, and she loved kids. So, for a few summers during my childhood, Aunt Dorothy invited her nieces and nephews to stay at her house for a week. There were five of us, three girls and two boys. She took us to the grocery store to select our favorite foods and always planned special treats, like taking us to movies that our parents...
16 days ago • 2 min read
Reader, it may be cold outside, but it's cozy in here. Thanks for welcoming me back. The end of last year brought several fabulous new clients. As their thought partner and trusted advisor, I prioritize understanding them and finding the most relatable ways to convey ideas. This frequently occurs as in-the-moment inspiration. Occasionally,, it seeds an idea in my head that has lasting power. This one is taking up a lot of real estate as a transformative frame, and I'd like to test-drive it...
23 days ago • 2 min read
Reader, are you feeling bombarded? I've never been big on New Year's resolutions, but in the past few years, I've found this tradition especially cringe. Part of this response is having enough decades on the earth to know that I have never once followed through on my previous New Year's resolutions in a sustained way. The other part is the proliferation of marketing messages exploiting this tradition to reinforce messages of scarcity and insufficiency. Who needs more of that sh!t in your...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Reader, if you need someone to give your permission to prioritize you, read this This week's #ShowUpPositive Spark is GIVING, starting with you. It's Thanksgiving week in the US, so I've seen many articles about giving. However, I noticed that they are all focused externally. But you and I know, Reader, that in order to give to others, your own cup can't be empty. That is why you need to prioritize yourself this week. I have a few ideas to encourage and inspire you. Get outside and clear your...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Reader, let's dispel a huge lie This week's #ShowUpPositive Spark is ENOUGH.. Early in my career, every publicly traded company I worked for eventually hired one of the big management consulting firms to help them figure out how to increase productivity and profit. At first, it was a helpful exercise. Tightening up processes, automating, and leveraging people in better ways were the right decisions. Unfortunately, the hamster wheel chasing more and more and more never eased. Workers became...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Reader, these tips are 🔥 This week's #ShowUpPositive Spark, BEHOLD, is inspired by my colleague Gary. Childhood was my introduction to the word behold. The contextual use was something of magnificence or splendor. Thus, I always interpreted behold to mean see something amazing had to be present. Then I met Gary during one of my early LinkedIn audio events, Talk Me Off the Ledge, and he opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. BE = Present, attentive; HOLD = Pause, be still. BEHOLD was not...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Reader, are you getting enough rest? I'm not just talking about sleep. Rest is space from people who zap your energy constant demands grinding at your computer all-day the hampster wheel of productivity back-to-back meetings cleaning up someone else's mess overwhelming commitments being enslaved by obligation masking your true self I don't know about you Reader, but just reading that list makes me want to curl up in a ball and hide. And here's the truth -- the holidays are just around the...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Reader, thanks for pausing to celebrate with me! This week's #ShowUpPositive Spark, WISDOM, is inspired by my age. After walking upon this earth for five decades, I have definitely gained some wisdom. There is no denying experience is a mighty teacher. With each success and humility, there is an opportunity to garner more wisdom. Reader, I also notice that much of this wisdom goes unnoticed until it is shared with others. In telling our stories and collaborating with others, we access the...
4 months ago • 1 min read