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How to make your year happier and transformational

What would you be willing to do if you knew you could have a happier year?

If you could make your year full of growth and progress?

If it could be transformational?!

 

When I...

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When feedback makes your ego want to run and hide

What should you do when receiving feedback makes your ego want to run and hide?

Receiving feedback can be very challenging, especially if it is not something you were proactively seeking or if it...

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Leader vs. Manager

“How old were you when you first became a leader?” the workshop facilitator asked us.

Everyone around the room collectively verbalized their answers.

I heard 45, 37, 52, 28, and a...

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Re-Thinking your Sphere of Connection

A few Sundays ago, I went for an early morning jog at a fascinating moment. 

Some partiers were finishing the prior night’s drinks from their balcony perches (the stamina!), at the same...

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An Uncommon Tool for a Common Problem

Early in the pandemic every event was cancelled or rescheduled for a few months later. Oh, how naive we were!

Then events went virtual. Conferences and retreats, to concerts and weddings. The...

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How to make time, when you “don’t have time”

Life can feel so busy sometimes, which is especially frustrating when there are skills you’d like to develop or things you’d like to learn — but it just feels like you...

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A Theme for 2021

Proms have themes. (Yuck.)

Conferences have themes. (Yay!)

Do years have themes? (Hmm…) 

I’ve heard talk recently, from people like brilliant writer and happiness expert...

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Someone Unexpected to Thank This Week

When you’re taking a bite of the Panang Curry dish that your neighborhood Thai place makes, what do you think about?

If you’re like me, you think about how the dish is a...

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Forget about that Oddly-Proportioned Cat: You Truly Are Creative

As a five-year-old child, I coveted two things.

The first was my best friend’s really cool mini flashlight. (What can I say?!)

The second was her artistic ability.

It is pretty messed up...

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What IKEA, Mark Bittman, and I Have in Common

Retailer IKEA sells furniture with infamously wordless assembly instructions. While they are surprisingly effective, they seem to invite the classic “IKEA hacks.” 

Chef Mark...

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