Saying thank you isn’t just for toddlers.
When I was parenting small children, I felt like we were forever telling the girls to say thank you. Someone handed you juice? Say thank you. Complimented your rain boots? Thank you! Bought you a present? Thank you. (Or in my house handwritten thank you notes sent no more than three days later.)
And yet as we grow up, although we clearly view gratitude as fundamental, we often forget. [Read more…]
The other day my daughter came home and said “Mom, I need to tell you something. But don’t get too mad, I was already beating myself up the whole bus ride.”
Turns out she had misplaced her new jacket, and she knows that the constant missing mitten/hat/coat debacle that lasts all winter really drives me crazy. However, by using a soft start-up, we skipped that part and got right to a plan of when and how she was going to try to find it at school the next day. [Read more…]
Most people are promoted to the level of incompetence.
That may sound harsh, but I see it over and over again. As a matter of fact, it has a name. It’s called the Peter Principle.
Someone has strong technical expertise, and so they are promoted to manager. But they aren’t given the training to succeed in that role. So when performance review time comes around, they just check the boxes to try to get through it as quickly and painlessly as possible. They don’t know how to make the performance review meaningful for their direct reports in order to positively influence their behavior. So they go through the motions in giving the review, but don’t really know what they are doing, or how to maximize it for greatest impact. [Read more…]
Is there something in your life that you would love to do, but aren’t? Ask yourself WHY you aren’t doing it. In this video, you can hear what ONE thing most successful people have in common, and how it helps them achieve their goals.
And I KNOW it works. This video is from 9 months ago, and I am happy to say that endurance has helped me reach my goals, going from being completely out of shape and overweight to feeling stronger than I ever have.
If you are in Madison and want to dig deeper into this topic, join me next week for my Brava Thrive Career Workshop “Cultivating a Growth Mindset for Career Success” on November 7. Register here and join me!
by DLCC Coach Ndidi Yaucher
It takes a lot of time and energy to work or run a business and, before you know it, you are spending more time on everything except yourself.
When you focus on reacting to external stimuli, you tend to miss opportunities for inner growth and renewal. Balancing your needs with your business and personal commitments can be tricky, but it is important to your overall well-being. No matter how busy you are, it’s essential to carve out time from your schedule to slow down, enjoy life and rejuvenate yourself.
Here are a few tips on how you can make time to take care of yourself. [Read more…]
