It seems to me that many people use anniversaries or other significant dates to make a milestone change in their life. New Year is probably the most used date for that. “This New Year, (as opposed to the last one) I will…(fill in the blank). It is beautiful to take a stand on something with… Read More
When I coach clients, I love to speak metaphorically and use experiences I have gone through as analogies to explain concepts. It was no surprise to me when while out on a walk one day with Willow (my canine family member), I started to wonder, “If I had a theme song, what would it be?… Read More
If you ever spend some time with me for a chat, you will soon come to realize that I can go places one would never have thought in at least that moment. Like how do we go from having a wonderful conversation about goals and suddenly flip over 1080 degrees to “I wonder what the… Read More
In emergency management, the first few minutes of a situation can determine how the rest of the event will unfold. You can apply that same philosophy to the start of any new year. We tend to look at opening a new calendar as a symbol for taking a fresh start or a reset to get… Read More
Could you imagine that before May 6th, 1954, no other athlete in the world had ever run a mile under four minutes? No one. No one that is until Roger Bannister. On May 6th, 1954, the record was finally broken. The running time for his mile was 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds! If your thinking… Read More
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