A few days ago one of my leadership students sent me a picture of her getting her nails painted by her 11-year-old daughter with the text saying, “thank you for reminding us that leadership is about paying attention to the moments and how we want to show up.” It was a sweet picture and reflection.
What Makes You Smile Inside?
We talk a lot about small steps, the little things that we do every day that can dramatically shift our mindset, our trajectory and our energy. Sometimes though, it’s hard, really hard – especially when we deal with loss and grief of any kind. So this week I want to share some insights that other
The Why of Time
There’s lots of talk these days around time management with the insight and realization being that our most finite resource is not money, but TIME. I teach about reflecting on the Urgent versus Important, reviewing our hours and putting them into various quadrants around productivity and thoughtfulness (which gets us back to our discussion last
Efficiency Needs Counterbalance
A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with my French cousin about the state of the world and our countries. I said, I believe part of the challenge in the culture of the United States is our seemingly ever-increasing obsession with efficiency without the counterbalance of long-term effectiveness. She responded, “You know in
Every Day
This morning a dear friend sent me this cartoon. Tickled by an inner kinship to Charles Shultz, I wanted to pass it on to you. One of my big goals this year is to publish my book on thriving life leadership (which is why my website, workshops and mobile app marketing are relatively quiet). One
Be the Resolution
Happy 2020! New year….New decade…New energy…New opportunities! In these first few days of the New Year before the next Monday comes and the engine of daily life begins to fully roar, I have a thought. Before jumping into resolutions – Let’s look backwards and reflect on our journey over the last 10 years? Let’s allow
Grace in Stormy Weather
For 26 years now, I’ve been blessed to share Christmas morning with my children. What changes there are from the giggles at 6am of toddlers running to the tree, to the cozy, hugging wake ups of today with coffee brewing at 9am. This Christmas it includes global smiles from Brazil, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Mexico and the
A Page From October 26, 1956
I walked down the basement stairs of my childhood home to start the laundry as my mom or I had done for the past 50 years. As the wash got started, sentimental sounds came forth. The water still rinsed through a hose that once jumped out of the sink and on to the floor. (I
The Power of Will
Will. Kind of a funny word. As a verb, it has us leaning into the future, getting to all the things we hope to do. I will… with no expiration date. As a noun, it holds two meanings. One is the document stating how we want our resources passed on when we are gone. And,
What If…?
What if underneath all the things we do every day, the words we say, the clothes we wear, the challenges we face, the pains we carry, the choices we make … there really exists a deeper self? And what if that deeper self doesn’t have a color, or a status, or a race, or a
Memories and Thanks
Forty years ago, at age 16, I took my first trip to Europe to visit my aunt, uncle and cousin. My Detroit-born aunt and uncle had gone to Paris on a bicycle trip in the early 60’s and well, they never returned to live in the States. A few years after I was born, they
Ancient Wisdom
My son Jimmy was reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (a Roman Emperor from the first century – yes I had to look that up). I laughed that MA’s ideas from nearly 2000 years ago are still so true today and much of why we’re creating Six Minutes Daily. Then, as I was writing this week’s