Keep that stuff up!
Today’s Show Up Journal power words: there’s really not much else to say about it. You are fantastic. You are amazing. You’re incredible. Now go and do.
Work your strengths
It’s tempting, isn’t it, to try to do it all and to try to be all things to all people. But somehow that tactic never works. We are always left with that doubt that we didn’t do enough. And that is because we couldn’t do it. There was no way to live up to all…
Integrity and the self
Today’s Show Up! Journal power word: integrity. This one was tough to write about in the journal this morning. We all live through days where we don’t live up to our fullest potential. We all live through times when we give slightly less than our best. And we make excuses or get defensive and even…
Fear is an informant.
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about fear lately. Many of us walk around with either small or humongous fears eating away at us every single day. The reason I think they pick away at our spirits and our motivation is because we give them too much power…
Build your own castle
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: sure, you can spend your time envying the advantages other people have. But that takes you away from working your own stuff, from making your own advantages. In the end, all we have is what we bring. If we focus on coveting what other people have, we aren’t honing…
No guilt. No shame.
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. These words have a pretty specific call to action. First, we must maintain control and take responsibility for what we do. It’s about integrity. Certainly, we can make mistakes. We are all entitled to that. But then we must own up to them and if we do, there is…
When you’re done …
Today’s power words from the Show Up! Journal. I’ve said this to clients multiple times. I’ve said this in presentations and workshops. It doesn’t stop being true. If you’ve given everything, and it still hasn’t worked, and you feel you’re done? Walk away. If it doesn’t feel right, walk away. If you can look at…
Which dance partner will you choose?
Today’s Show Journal power words. In every second of every day, we make decisions. We choose how we will be, what we will do, and what we will say. In each of those instances, we decide, consciously or subconsciously, whether we will show courage or fear. A fear response might make us feel safer in…
The Notion of Independence
On February 27, 1974, my family came from Ireland on the last leg of our year-long immigration journey from the Soviet Union. We flew into New York’s John F. Kennedy airport. I remember seeing a lit-up, tall statue out in the middle of the water. I remember not knowing what that statue was for a…
Curious? Read on!
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words (I love my morning journal free-write. I always learn so much from my subconscious. ?). I have long believed that stress is the root of all evil. And, if stress is the root of all evil, curiosity is the root of all success. Something has to spark us. Something…