This shared posting is not an original thought of mine.  It’s taken from some writings that I treasure, and often go back to time and time again.  There are many authors of this or something similar, but it all pretty much comes down to the same concept;  We have a range or scale or ladder…

I came across this quote recently and thought, yup… so true…  “regret is the most wasted effort ever”.  Regret is about living in the past.  It’s about looking back and wishing we’d done something different.  And we all know how easy (not) it is to change the past.  I find that if I dwell on…

I can’t count the number of my coaching clients who have mentioned that they regularly bring home some work that just doesn’t get finished at the office.  Here’s my take on the upside and downside of bringing work home. The upside includes; Having some non -interrupted, dedicated time to finish off important projects A sense…

Ever come across a colleague who is super uncomfortable giving up control?  If you can honestly say “no” to this question, then you’ve either been working solo all your life, or you’ve been lucky enough to work with an amazing group of individuals who are each super self-aware and masters at empowering their team!!!  So,…

When I came across this quote recently, it really resonated for me: “Forgiveness is distracting yourself from what’s keeping you in a lower vibration”  It took me a few minutes to come to a more fulsome understanding.  But I think I’ve got it now.  We all operate at a vibrational level, and the level of…

Ah, procrastination.  Who among us doesn’t have some aspect of their day where procrastination rears its head? Which of us doesn’t know at least one friend or family member who either IS a procrastinator or calls themselves one?  I’m beginning to wonder if procrastination is truly the “bad guy” we so often label it to…

As a master worrier, I’d always considered myself quite an authority on the topic. For years I saw it as my entitled right to worry. I figured the more I worried, the more it showed I cared about someone or some situation. The more it demonstrated my level of engagement. I so identified with the…

Here’s a quote I found on a calendar I keep on my desk.  It’s one of those evergreen calendars that has one quote per day, and I’ve referred to it for years now.  This quote was on the January 14 date: “ Your motion forward is inevitable; it must be.  You cannot help but move…

If you think coaching and mentoring are one in the same, you are not alone. While they share some similarities, there are significant differences.  And the biggest one is that a mentor is usually someone who has valued experience in the same or similar field as the individual being mentored. A coach is someone who…

So there I was, planning to read one of my new Christmas books, or at least get a good start on it, as I boarded my Porter Airlines flight from Halifax to Toronto one day in February.  I had no plans to do anything more than politely acknowledge my seatmate. We both greeted each other,…