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CEO of Self: Mastering the Art of Bridging Leadership from Work to Home ceo culture leadership mindset personal performance self self mastery Oct 31, 2023

“I feel so confident in the workplace and things seem to fall apart at home”

I’ve heard this from so many people in leadership positions.

Being the “CEO of Self” is a transformative journey of aligning your professional leadership prowess with personal life mastery....

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Mastering Difficult Conversations: Strategies that Work business culture creation leadership mindset personal performance self mastery Jun 02, 2023

Disagreement at home? Asking for a raise? Negotiating a sale? Receiving feedback? Discussing differing political positions? Difficult conversations are an inevitable part of life, affecting us both personally and professionally. As leaders who are dedicated to personal and professional growth,...

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Small Steps, Big Rewards: The Surprising Performance Benefits of 10,000 Steps mindset personal performance physical performance self mastery May 17, 2023

In my late 20’s I thought taking walks was lame. I coached Olympic and National level athletes and everything we did was about optimizing physical performance.  This meant the most effective cardiovascular training, cutting edge power training and constant injury prevention. ...

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Thinking Series: Stop Overthinking business mindset personal performance self mastery Nov 24, 2021

Is your mind running, replaying or looping over a topic so incessantly that you can’t seem to focus on the task at hand?  Are you thinking uncontrollably about something unsolved or unwanted and it is disrupting the flow of your day?  Adult ADHD seems to be popping up more and...

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Patience for Success: Slowing down to Move Forward back injury mindset personal performance physical performance self mastery Aug 13, 2021

The surgeon looked at me and said “you won’t be heavy lifting, running or racing anymore”.   My L4L5 and L5S1 discs were crushed.  I glared at him with a look that said “Oh really?” Clearly he didn’t know me well enough.

This was over 30 years in the...

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Effective Questions: Are your Team's Questions Killing your Business? business mindset personal performance Jul 09, 2021

We’ve all heard the phrase in school “ there are no stupid questions” and we all know why teachers lead with that line. Typically leaders want to encourage everyone to speak up, get involved and ask what they are curious about.  

However, asking every question that...

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How to Breakthrough Stuck business mindset personal performance Jun 24, 2021

Stuck happens.  It happens to the most driven, the highest achievers and the enthusiastic go-getters.  The problem occurs when we realize we aren’t progressing.  We, the driven achievers, have a mini meltdown. 

Most would call it a breakdown but we call it stress, a...

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The Real #1 Priority: Time business mindset personal performance May 17, 2021

I've been re-evaluating everything in my life.  Maybe it is the pandemic. Maybe my age.  Maybe it is the fact that I am completely changing my business or the illness that is coming up with family members.  Whatever the reason, we all re-evaluate what is important at some...

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3 Steps to Create Team Chemistry business mindset personal performance May 07, 2021

How can we as individuals create team chemistry?

First, before I go into the first step, what does it mean to be a really high performing team?  It's a group, whether it's a small or a large group of people who are working together for a common purpose.  Each...

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