The communication match game - matching what you communicate with what you actually mean. Easier said than done sometimes. The ultimate meaning of communication always sits with the receiver of it, so the sender of communication must do everything possible to convey the intended meaning. I posted on social media recently a promise to give
I was watching my sister-in-law compete at a horse show. I mentioned to my six year old niece that I was excited to watch her mom compete. She immediately responded by asking me what that meant. After helping her understand the word compete, I wondered why, as we become adults, we often become afraid to
Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. More than 120 others every day according to leading statistics on suicide. Some of which happen close to wherever you call home. It is so sad. It breaks my heart because that means there are people living in a place of deep hurt every single day. I’ve shared my story before.
Find people who are doing what you want to do and ask questions. Learn from them. Ask for advice. Soak it up. Learn from their mistakes. Learn from their successes. Do what they did to get where they got. That is advice I've been offered again and again. And I listen. I make those contacts
I have been described in many ways. Some are positive and others aren't so positive. And who knows what people have said about me that I haven't even heard. One of the things I have always taken great pride in being described as is, authentic. Authentic people are more confident with less self-doubt, are more
There is a video I caught once in which several penguins stand in a huddle (or a colony, rookery or waddle – I had to look that up). They are standing on a few feet of snow covered ground next to some sort of rocky ledge. Snowflakes are blowing around them. There is a smaller
Failure or success, all experiences have lessons embedded in them that you can, and should be cultivating and embracing. Following are four ways you can more easily excavate those lessons. Take time to THINK about it. When we move too quickly from one experience to the next, we bypass any opportunity to appreciate the lessons
It will if you let it. I most often say it to myself, but occasionally, I say it to others too. I said it recently in response to a person who was complaining about how irritating certain posts on social media were. I thought he was going to tell me the posts about politics were
Have you ever seen the show, “Naked and Afraid?” The first time I heard of it I laughed about how ridiculous it sounded. They will create a show about anything. Then I saw it once. And then several more times. It’s an interesting show. I have no desire to be on the show (the thought
Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. Some sources say that up to 75% of adults suffer from glossophobia. You don't have to hate it though, and can work to overcome the fear. When I was a graduate teaching assistant at Central Michigan University, I taught speech classes. There were three required speeches in