How to break the addiction of significance Of the three most common causes of stress – the fear of failure, the fear of rejection, and the fear of risk – which one is your biggest trigger? For me, it’s the fear of rejection. Which makes it particularly tough to be truly vulnerable. And is aContinue reading “February 20, 2022”
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January 16, 2022
How to break the addiction of success Are you addicted to success? In other words, is your confidence dependent on whether or not you are successful? And if you are a leader, is your team’s confidence dependent on whether or not they are successful – because you have mandated success for all of their efforts?Continue reading “January 16, 2022”
January 9, 2022
And now, some practical advice… Are you ready for some practical advice on how to eliminate the stress in your life? Because while I have been laying down a foundation for the “why” and the “what” of stress, it was all necessary to get to the “how” of eliminating stress. So, let’s dive in. ConsiderContinue reading “January 9, 2022”
December 26, 2021
Are you trying to satisfy your past or satisfy your future? Are you the kind of person who makes New Year resolutions? I am. And I am not. I typically use the end of each year to slow down, reflect, and assess my life – end to end. If that annual reflection produces a resolution,Continue reading “December 26, 2021”
December 12, 2021
Stress is an addiction In my last post, I ended with a question… Why would anyone shape their lives around pursuing something that would never be “enough?” Well, it’s a long story… Every one of us starts life with a fairly simple agenda – we want to live. When we’re born, life pretty much reducesContinue reading “December 12, 2021”
November 14, 2021
Why do we need more than we need? My grandfather taught me a lesson many, many years ago: Why do you need more than you need? You can want more than you need, but why do you need more than you need? It’s a powerful question and it gets to the heart of something thatContinue reading “November 14, 2021”
October 24, 2021
We all seem to have the same patterns… In 2014, when my wife got cancer, I learned something about myself. And I didn’t like what I learned. I don’t handle stress very well. I mean, I thought I did. I thought that with a master’s degree in psychology, a lifetime of living on-the-edge, and evenContinue reading “October 24, 2021”
October 17, 2021
Serve your way through stress… Let’s be realistic: stress is inevitable. And frankly, some of it can actually be good for us. But as I mentioned last week, there are six main responses to stress and only two of them are healthy: influence or adapt. What makes these responses healthy? Let me offer two mainContinue reading “October 17, 2021”
October 10, 2021
Every single one of these responses is a sign that we got stressed. Did you get stressed this week? I know I did. What was the trigger? Was is someone or something? Was it an unfulfilled expectation or an unexpected disruption? I’ll get into what causes our stress later, but this week I’d like toContinue reading “October 10, 2021”
October 3, 2021
“It’s time to change the narrative…” I think the most dangerous thing about stress is that we have become so used to it. Now, don’t get me wrong. Stress is something that will never go away. But the sheer volume of it today – the constant presence of it – makes me shake my headContinue reading “October 3, 2021”
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