Ignorance Can Be Bliss

Ignorance Can Be Bliss

The headline reads “SHARK SPOTTED AT SAN FRANCISCO BEACH.” You were just there with your kids frolicking in the ocean the same day someone reported seeing a shark. Your blissful memories of the day are now clouded with the potential near miss of a shark. But what if...
Throw Out Your To-Do List

Throw Out Your To-Do List

There is so much to do. It’s a full-time job to make sure that nothing on the to-do list slips through the cracks. Peaceful showers, sound sleep, conversations, and romantic dinners are interrupted by a sudden thought about what you must remember to do later. Lists...
The 5-Star Role

The 5-Star Role

Back in 2008, I received an email from an HR person who wanted to use my services to screen job applicants for her company using the DISC behavioral assessments. (I’ve been a certified DISC coach for almost 20 years.) In my conversation with her, I was very adamant...
When Prosperity Doesn’t Knock

When Prosperity Doesn’t Knock

Imagine inviting several guests over for a lavish dinner party. You’ve been planning it for weeks. The menu, shopping, selecting wines, table settings and after dinner games are in place. Everything is ready but your guests haven’t arrived. Hmm… the invitation said to...
Money: Story Time

Money: Story Time

We all have stories we tell about money. If not aloud, then in our head. Most of the time they’re in the background of our thoughts and we don’t pay them much attention. I am not talking stories like, “Hey Bob, did you hear about the time I tripled my income?” I’m...
Tough Conversations Turned Good

Tough Conversations Turned Good

Have words escaped your lips that you later regretted or wished you had said differently? Have you felt you flubbed up a conversation with a potential client? Has somebody ever said something to you in a fit that really hurt your heart? Have you ever talked a subject...