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Why is it Easier to Nit-Pick Our Flaws than Celebrate Success?
Double standards are ugly things. There are countless double standards in the world, but there’s one that I truly believe ...
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Don’t Just Tell Me what You Think I Want to Hear
If there’s one lesson I learned early in my teaching career, it’s that there are two questions that were totally useless if ...
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Can You Tell Your Boss “That’s Not Okay”?
When I first launched my coaching business focusing on helping people – at the time, particularly women – find their ...
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What if it Really IS Life or Death?
A pet peeve of mine is that there are far too many things marked “urgent” in life, (especially email,) whether labeled ...
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To The Person Who Tells You it’s Impossible…
The world is full of nay-sayers. People who shoot down your ideas without a second glance. Their arsenal of ...
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Do You Know Someone Who Always Has to be Right?
I’ve always had a pretty high tolerance for debate, as long as the focus stayed on the issue at hand ...
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It’s Not What You Say, It’s What They Hear
One of the most universally frustrating human experiences is when we explain something, and the other person’s response makes us ...
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Do You Know if You’re Coachable?
When having an initial strategy call with a new coaching prospect, there’s one key quality I listen for that makes it a ...
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What I’ve Learned from 200 Episodes
I never thought I’d do anything 200 times. Love of routine is not exactly a hallmark trait of mine. Four years ...
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What My Mom Thinks I Do for a Living
Sometimes I think my mother wonders how it’s possible that we share the same genetic material. She hates being ...
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