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Are You An Adolescent Business Owner Working On Your Confidence?
"Your adolescent puppy is trying to figure out what kind of dog he wants to be." This is what our dog trainer told me. It made me laugh. We got our 10-month old puppy from a rescue in January 2022, and Jax is now 18 months old. He is a full on adolescent and we all...
A Day That Changed My Life Forever
Just Starting To Ride The day that changed my life, happened in 2007. I was 37 and had purchased my first road bike. Twenty-five mile rides that were relatively flat around Denver, were my average bike rides. One day, I decided to do a ride in the Denver area with an...
A Manager’s Guide to Performance Reviews
As frequently as employees seek raises and promotions for their hard work, you would think giving performance reviews would be easy. But from a leadership perspective, performance reviews can sometimes be daunting. Perhaps your company is full of rockstars, or you...
6 Signs of Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
Most people value and nurture their current relationships; whether it be with friends, family members or partners. That often means working on aspects like your mental health and past trauma to have better, more satisfying interactions. However, we rarely do the same...
Are You in a Hostile Work Environment?
There’s a massive difference between having a bad day at work and genuinely feeling miserable because of who you work with or where you work. Unfortunately, for some people, the red flags of toxicity and hostility rarely rear their ugly heads until they feel it’s too...
The Benefits of a Problem-solving Approach When Things Go Wrong
If you’re in a management or leadership position, you’ve been through it — that moment during the interview when the person conducting the interview asks about a time when you made a mistake and how you handled it. This question allows the interviewee to make the case...
How to lead with your organizational values
Your personal values are the principles that shape the way you see the world. In an ideal world, they’re the compass that guides your actions so you feel an alignment between them and your beliefs. Otherwise, you’d feel conflicted and unhappy. Now, your organizational...
How to identify burnout before it’s too late
Every year, millions of people in the US experience burnout. And the numbers have only gone up since the start of the pandemic: According to an Indeed study, more than half of full-time employees currently feel burned out — up from 43% before the pandemic....
Embracing vulnerability as a leader
For some reason, we are conditioned to think that everyone is always watching us and expecting us to perform a perfect version of ourselves. And it may be partly true. But holding this standard is impossible and can make you miserable. Instead, embracing your...
How personal development can supercharge your business growth
Have you ever felt like you’re reliving the same situation in a different context over and over again? Perhaps you’re hitting the same roadblock with your staff as you have in the past with your loved ones. Or maybe, you feel unheard or hindered by others. In this...
The Surprising Connection Between Being Busy and Being Healthy
Do you believe the stereotype of busy professionals grabbing fast food burgers and letting their treadmills collect dust while they’re rushing from one meeting to the next? In reality, a growing body of research shows that being “busy” helps you to make healthier...
The Humorous Road to Personal Growth
Personal growth can be challenging, but it can also be a lot of fun. You may reach your goals sooner if you learn to lighten up and become privy to the funny coincidences of fate and destiny in our lives. Numerous studies support the conclusion that laughter is...