Category: relationships
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Counting Blessings
Maybe your mother used the expression that mine often did when I complained about something in my life that was not the way I wanted it to be. She would invariably say “count your blessings,” which was her way of saying that I didn’t know how fortunate I was. I didn’t appreciate that phrase then…
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In the Space
I’ve been asked what the most difficult moment in my life has been. There are lots of challenging moments in all of our personal and professional lives, mine included. But I don’t even have to ponder that question as one moment and one image springs immediately to mind. Perhaps it is the same for you.…
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Other People’s Doors
Here is a universal truth. It is so easy to judge. It is so easy to take our own experiences and apply them to others, assuming that their circumstances are much like ours. We know what parenting is, we have children. We know what marriage is, we have partners. We know what loss is, we’ve…
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What Scares Me
Each year, as my birthday inevitably rolls around, I think about what the coming year will hold and, even more so, what I want it to hold. Will this be the year that I achieve a goal or make a change or focus my time differently? My answers vary year over year and my commitment…
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On Being Irrepressible
There are a lot of platitudes about life and especially about facing challenges in life. You can likely think of as many of them as I can, everything from the cloying sentiment of “when life gives you lemons” to the glib “That’s life.” I find those well worn phrases and cliches to be more than…
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Holding the Line
Have you ever had one of those times in your life when you felt backed into a corner? You know what you believe is right and yet the pressure to change your mind, to change your decision is relentless. It happens in professional life and it happens in personal life. And it is difficult sometimes…
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Defining Difference
I had the privilege of sitting on a panel discussion this week with a group of outstanding women leaders from around the country. We were talking about a variety of topics all focused on careers and career growth. The moderator was giving us questions, directing some of them to specific people to kick off and…
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Not Your Mother
On more than one occasion I’ve thought, and even said aloud, that if I were to write a book on management, I would call it “I Am Not Your Mother” and subhead it with “And other truths that managers should know.” It’s a bit of a flippant phrase, I know, but it encapsulates a reality…
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Rising Above
When I approach leadership, and life, with a full heart, I approach it with a commitment to bringing my whole self to every interaction and every situation. This is my authentic core that I am showing you and I am sharing with you who I am, what I believe and even, often, what I feel.…
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Authenticity
What is the role of a leader? Depending on your setting and your individual mindset, the answer could be to set direction, to motivate, to make change, to get things done. Regardless of what your definition of a leader, of your own leadership role, one thing is always true—you carry the responsibility. At the end…
With a Full Heart 