I love quotes because they succinctly capture truisms. Here is one by Rosalyn Carter that I like “If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can’s accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. In those few words she sums up that the [...]
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I am frequently asked “what in the world are boundaries?” This comes from people who have heard that it is important to have boundaries but they have no real understanding as to what that means. Here is how I like to think about boundaries. Boundaries are the imaginary lines we have drawn around ourselves. They are [...] One of my mentors, Virginia Satir, taught me something that has been useful to me and everyone else I have shared it with. She said “treat everything that comes at you from the outside as something with which to cope, and not as a way to define yourself. How often do you hear yourself or others [...] What I have realized throughout the years is that our personal foundation has to keep changing. That is because as we get older and mature we realize we have strengths and possibilities that at a younger age we did not know we had or needed. We become aware that we only know what we are [...] In order to strengthen our personal foundation we have to be open to challenging ourselves. I love to kayak and yesterday I paddled further than I ever had. It was a beautiful peaceful Memorial Day morning. What I realized was that so many times before I had said to myself: that is far enough, maybe [...] My writing here has been at a stand still. The reason is that I have been part of a 30 day challenge to blog daily for the past month. I am proud to say that I and 49 others completed the challenge. The challenge was set by my mentor Connie Ragen Green. You can read [...] I have just been listening to Tiger Woods who gave a press conference. This time he really seemed to understand the emotional ramifications of his behavior both for himself and for his marriage. His infidelity was a betrayal of their marital commitment. Only time will tell if his wife and he can repair their marriage. A [...] A growth mindset makes it possible to keep growing throughout life. People with a growth mindset believe that their talents, intelligence and personality can be developed at any time. They enjoy learning and discovering new dimensions to themselves. They do not shy away from challenges and look at life as a journey. Recently I coached a [...] I lost trust in the reliability of my car. This may seem an unusual way to talk about losing trust. Last week I could not shift out of park nor could I take the key out. I had the car repaired and after a few trips the problem recurred but was worse. After more [...] “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them” is a quote by Michael Jordan. It is evident that he expected a lot from himself and worked hard to achieve excellence in basketball and life. I think that expectations are powerful. I see expectations as being different from goals. When we have goals [...] |
 
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