I was faced with trudging up this hill today on my morning walk. It was tempting to just flop down, stare at the overcast sky and figure out another route. The picture doesn’t do the hill justice; it was about a 65% grade. However, as I puffed up the incline, I had this vague recollection of the mantra my Running Room instructor …
Back-to-School Special 2016
September is here and if you are starting a new term at university, college or perhaps embarking on a practicum placement I invite you to consider coaching as part of your back-to-school routine. (Even if you are not headed back to the classroom, but you are looking to learn something new… here’s an opportunity!) What would it be like to… BALANCE studies, fitness, work and …
Say “YES!” to the Mess
The title of this post is also the title of a book that landed in my hands this last week: Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz by Frank J. Barrett. It was a quick and novel read about the parallels of jazz music and leadership. WOW – so many great analogies! I was intrigued by the idea …
Be Seen in the World!
Have you ever noticed that a phrase or a saying sometimes catches your eye and then you begin to see it everywhere? “Be seen!” is the phrase that has been re-appearing for me in the last couple of weeks; it’s popped up in conversation, written articles and yesterday I read those same words on a construction guy’s t-shirt! LOL; there …
Half Awake…
Summer mornings bring those hazy awakenings: soft light, heavy lids, sometimes even a wispy breeze through an open window or the lure of coffee and bacon seeping into your consciousness. What wakes you up? And then, what “wakes you up” in the sense of awareness to Life? Is it a little voice in your head, a window of time, an illness, …
It’s All in the Wording!
“So, what do you want to do now?” That question opens doors and closes people down faster than anything I know. It amazes me how brilliant minds get stuck and all of us at one time or another just blurt out “I don’t know”. And we mean it; we really don’t know the answer. What if we tweaked the phrase to …
Bargain with Jargon
Have you ever joined a conversation only to recognize that half of the vocabulary isn’t in your everyday language? Every field seems to have jargon – the acronyms or words that are specific to that industry or environment. It can be humourous – in fact, most good comedy plays in this realm – and it can be detrimental if we …
Work vs Play
There is something enviable about being able to order a coffee, snap up a corner window seat and settle into “work”. It feels more like PLAY! 🙂 I realize I am moving into a new era of entrepreneurship. This new industry I have joined has a different set of rules; in fact, there are no rules! What used to seem …