Want it? Go get it!

Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I’m not trying to be flippant. It’s really the way I feel today. At last night’s Hood College “Tell Better Stories,” workshop, a number of the students were concerned about having to make peace with doing jobs they disliked.  And I said, “I realize that there are economic concerns….

Say, “Yes!”

Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Actually, it’s only one power word. The word is, “yes.” Do you have an idea? Say yes to it. Do you want to try something? Say yes. Do you want to do something new, be someone new, try something new? Say yes. Throwing ourselves into the attempt is how…

Try!

Much as I hate to disagree with Yoda, that’s just the truth of it. We have to keep trying until we succeed. The result might not be what we envisioned, but it will be incredible. 

Listen…

Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: isn’t it funny how the great conversationalists seldom speak? I think Dale Carnegie had it right. People engage with us when we are curious about them. So, the best way to be regarded as a great conversationalist and/or communicator is to be curious about the other person, to engage…