Your core values are the foundation of who you are as a person. They are your guiding principles (whether consciously or subconsciously), impacting the way you make decisions, build relationships, and relate to the world. Understanding your values, and the way those values have been shaped throughout your life, is the key to tapping into
It starts by removing standard ideas of accomplishment. And then it hits you with what really matters. “If you remove work, school, volunteerism, sports, and church activity: what is your greatest accomplishment? Or . . . what are you most proud of about yourself—as a human?” “Of course, it isn’t actually the question that’s important.
I have always been inspired by the people that I call “the penguins”. Really, I should call them the “first penguins”, because it relates to the idea that penguins are always alert to threat. They gather together at the edge of the ice and peer into the dark water, tense with uncertainty about the dangers
I am deep in the middle of the holiday break. It is that time of year between Christmas and New Year’s Eve when many people are out of town, school is out, some work places are closed, and for those that are open the environment becomes much more relaxed. It is the time of year
Earlier this year I facilitated discussions with my team related to Brene Brown’s book, Dare to Lead. One of the anecdotes in the book really stuck with me. Even now, months later, I’m continuing to think about it. The story is about DeDe Halfhill, an Air Force leader, who responded to a question from one
You Cannot Be Fulfilled In Life If You’re Not Fulfilled At Work And . . . You’re At Work More Than Almost Anywhere Else I recently read a Huffington Post article that has me thinking. It identified the amount of time that an average person spends doing specific tasks in an 80-year life span. The
