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Snack-Sized Coaching

My new t-shirt says: I’m not for everyone. I bought this t-shirt as a reminder that, if the goal is to “be for everyone,” then I am probably watering down who I am. How often am I trying to make it easy for other people by not sharing a strong opinion, an expectation or a preference? This shirt reminds me that it’s ok not to be chosen. It doesn’t mean that the sting of rejection doesn’t hurt, but it’s a whole lot easier than trying to fit into something that I probably never really wanted anyways. How about you? In what areas of your life are you trying too hard to “be for everyone”? What are you giving up by not fully expressing yourself?

Living in the In-Between

“Liminal space... It is where we are betwixt and between, having left one room or stage of life but not yet entered the next. We usually enter liminal space when our former way of being is challenged or changed—perhaps when we lose a job or a loved one, during illness, at the birth of a child, or a major relocation. It is a graced time, but often does not feel “graced” in any way. In such space, we are not certain or in control.”

How to Think Like a Leader

Are you your own worst critic? Do you beat yourself up for all of the things you don't know or for your mistakes? Do you compare yourself to others? Do you hate admitting when you don't know something? Do you get defensive when someone contradicts you or challenges you? …

Experimentation as a Leadership Practice

I am always awed by the stories of founders, makers, artists, activists who were seemingly born knowing what they were meant to do with their lives.
I am not one of those people....

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