Asking the Right Questions with Jedi Mind Tricks

Asking the Right Questions with Jedi Mind Tricks

Winning arguments is hard, but often, the hardest person to convince is yourself. The reason is that the person has run out of the capacity to have new perspectives. Similar to Plato’s allegory of the cave where reality is defined by only what is projected, we often...
Time Management Tips to Keep the Juices Flowing

Time Management Tips to Keep the Juices Flowing

Time: it’s money, we kill it, and we can’t make up for it when it’s lost. We have a lot of canned sayings to try to communicate a phenomenon that’s almost impossible to fully understand. Time flies. And most of us wish we had more of it. The good news is that time...
Your Big Goal for 2015

Your Big Goal for 2015

You may have noticed in your time on this earth that New Years Resolutions are well-intentioned but fickle things. Typically they have the expectation of failure built right in. However, the purpose of goal setting is not to have something nice to imagine. It’s to...
Success Is Not the End

Success Is Not the End

I’ve been maintaining a consistent presence on my new website and social media lately, and I can’t help but notice that the coaching space is particularly loud. There is so much advice to be taken–you can read differing opinions on one same topic in one minute,...
Making Your Deathbed Inventory

Making Your Deathbed Inventory

Your problems at times may feel like labyrinths. You’re cruising along, feeling good about the progress you’re making, and then wham! You run face first into a wall or sliding door. Or maybe you’re in a place where each turn feels uncertain or even like a step back...
Coaching Has a Winning Record at ADM

Coaching Has a Winning Record at ADM

The concept of business coaching conjures up images of cutting-edge Bay Area companies with Frisbee (R) golf courses, meditation rooms and beer on tap. Companies like Google, LinkedIn, Zappos, Archer Daniels Midland — what, you don’t think of 112 year-old ADM as...