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Think

We all need time to think, explore, reflect. To allow ideas, possibilities, solutions to bubble up. If we don’t intentionally give ourselves time to think, gems within may never surface. Beth has found essential to her success is blocking chunks of time on her calendar to think. She’ll clear her desk, darken all screens, set her

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Your 100 units of energy

I learned this from a coach I admire: You have 100 ENERGY UNITS each day. You get to choose what you spend your energy doing. Your thoughts use energy. Your actions use energy. Your anger and your love use energy. Choose wisely.

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Her blood boils

I came across my notes from when I coached an airline pilot a while back. They could have been written yesterday. She said her blood boils when airline employees and passengers ignore her and speak to the male in uniform nearby because “they look to the males as leaders.” She’s the Captain. She wanted to figure out

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Power your engine

On this Labor Day weekend, intended since the late 1800s to celebrate a day of rest for those who labor, I’m sending a shout out to all who build, clean, create, fix, polish, protect, serve, teach, unclog, and do other jobs that keep things running, and to those who help them grow. Your efforts to

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Eyes ahead

I was riding my bike and came to an impasse. I had a choice: I could go back and take the main road, or cross this opening in the fence with thick, lumpy tree roots bulging from the earth, and a metal pole sticking up in the middle. I’d faced this in the past. The

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