If you pay a visit to Crystal glass in Cochrane to get your windshield fixed or a window replaced, chances are you’ll meet Amanda. Amanda is one of the most positive, helpful, and enthused people you’ll ever meet. She’s always smiling, always ready to be of service. For a long time I thought she owned […]
A good friend called the other day and asked if I could explain the difference between intuition and assumptions. I’d never thought of making that distinction before, and nothing intuitively came to me. However, I think that a summary of our conversation is worth sharing. Here’s what we came up with: Assumptions and intuitions may […]
False pride. We like to appear competent. A part of us may think it’s a weakness to show imperfection. We hate to be wrong when our identity and work are based on being right. Apologizing risks falling from the artificial pedestal. A lack of self-awareness. Sometimes we don’t even know an apology is required because […]
Being somewhat of a lone wolf, I am hyper-independent when it comes to business. I started my career in private practice as a family therapist, and then, for the past three-plus decades, as a speaker, consultant, workshop facilitator, and coach, I’ve been a solo business owner. Over the years, I’ve tried partnerships, but inevitably I’ve […]
The late renowned Canadian artist and my good friend, Murray Phillips, used to spend a third of his time living in the woods and painting nature. He once said, “there are no straight lines in nature.” Nature is perfect in its imperfection. It does not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. […]
I learned years ago from my mentor, Steve Covey, about the emotional bank account. We all know what a financial bank account is. We make deposits into it and build up a reserve from which we can make withdrawals when we need to. An Emotional Bank Account is a metaphor describing the amount of trust […]
