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Preventing Burnout
We live in a burnout culture. How many people in your life talk about running out of energy, losing motivation, and being “out of gas”? This might even be your own situation as well. Burnout is a very real problem, and it can be serious. People lose job growth,...
Handling Anxiety When You Actually Don’t Want to Admit It!
OK, so we know from the research and statistics that all humans get scared and anxious sometimes. 100% of us. It’s a fact. Fear is just part of life (except for those who are in toxic massive denial, which is a recipe for life misery). Lots of us would rather...
Making the Right Decisions as a Leader
If you lead at work, in the home, or both, you have to make decisions. Leaders who don’t make decisions don’t stay leaders very long. However, decisions, by definition, involve risk. It might be a risk of losing financial resources, time, energy, opportunity or key...
Overcoming Fear and Anxiety
There are three kinds of people in the world: (1) those who have fear and anxiety and admit it; (2) those who have fear and anxiety and don’t admit it (3) those who truly don’t have fear and anxiety, but cause it in others! And often, a (1) and a (2) will end up...
Strategies for Curing Entitled Attitudes
We see the word entitlement all over the media these days. It has to do with a combination of two attitudes: (1) I need to be treated as special, and (2) I am not responsible for the impact of my behavior on anyone. And it comes out as selfishness, narcissism and a...
Diversity in the Workplace Should be a Priority
Many of the organizations I consult with have either been engaged in workplace diversity for quite some time or are newly involved. As I have worked with them on making this a sustained, strategic, and effective initiative, some realities have emerged. These realities...
Funerals Are Important – Here’s Why
Recently, our family was involved in the memorial services for Bobbi Braff, who was my wife Barbi’s mom. The funeral and reception were a very sad and yet a meaningful time, made more poignant by the fact that I also lost both of my parents last year. With Barbi’s dad...
Here’s How To Be More Mindful and Present
With our busy schedules, it is so easy for us to miss out on a day and fail to be present. Many leaders and parents I work with, for example, tell me that when they go to bed at night, they realize that all they did that day, was make decisions and solve problems....