In this video, I’m sharing what a high heeled shoe, a tire pump and your most productive day have in common. I’m also sharing three questions to help improve your focus. 1. What is your priority?2. What is your next step?3. Why does this matter? When you ask yourself those three questions, you will give yourself the power

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I recently celebrated a milestone birthday. And this has me thinking a little bit about milestones in general. Did you know that if you look up the word milestone in the dictionary, there are two basic definitions that are actually quite different? The first definition is a stone to mark distance. So literally mile markers that

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Recently, I’ve been working on the draft of the manuscript for my next book, The Long-Distance Team, with Wayne Turmel. And during this, we’ve had to do two things at the same time. We’ve had to think about the details (getting commas and spelling right), but also making sure that the overarching goal of the book is

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The title for this episode might seem a little strange. But it’s not wrong. In this episode, I am reminding you (or maybe telling you for the first time) that conflict isn’t always bad. Generally speaking, when we think about conflict, we’re thinking about clashes and issues and challenges. And this is the type of conflict

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Today we’re talking about the leaders role in conflict. In last week’s episode, we talked about conflict and when it’s bad and when it’s good. Yep, that’s right. Not all conflict is bad. You can watch the full episode here. In this episode, we are talking about the leader’s role in conflict – the kind of conflict that

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If I asked you what your first thought is when I say the word “conflict”, chances are it wouldn’t be positive. And while there is certainly a downside to conflict, the truth is conflict isn’t always bad. In fact, there are many times when conflict can be a good thing. And in the video below, I’ll

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In this episode, we’re talking about making room for conversation and I’m using a cup metaphor to illustrate some important points. As humans, we all have a mental and emotional cup. And like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee, if it’s completely full, there is no room for anything else. Literally. This cup metaphor

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For centuries, people have wanted to find the fountain of youth. People traveled for months on ships to try to find this mythical fountain of youth, because we’d all like to be younger, right? What about wisdom? I think we’d all like to be wise, and the good news is we can find the source

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Think goal first. That seems like pretty solid advice. And it seems like something that is easy to do. And yet…we don’t always do that. In today’s episode, I’m sharing a short story from my own personal work that highlights the importance of remembering to think goal first and keep adjusting routines to stay in

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In a previous episode, I made the case for mental fitness. You can see that episode here. I hope you go back and watch it. But let me just summarize it in short right here: to be mentally fit or to think about mental fitness is to be proactive about our mental health. Just like

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