Tag: rise above

  • The Two Words That Suck Our Power Away

    Recently I was having a bit of a…shall we say…tense moment over my finances. It was a very real, somewhat terrifying, admittedly regressive moment. You might recall I’m quite prone to this (for proof check out my post what we can all learn from my monthly freak-out). This particular tension happens every year at about this…

  • What People Really Want From You

    Just when I thought I couldn’t learn any more humility after my recent shenanigans (see my last post for just one example), another humbling lesson came my way this week. I was asked to give a few opening keynote remarks at an evening conference. The coordinator wasn’t looking for some long, sweeping speech. Instead, a…

  • How to Kill a Conversation

    Conversations drive our lives. They mean everything. Yet we all face the temptation to do something every day – sometimes several times each day – to mess them up. I dare you to tell me the following hasn’t happened to you. You’re in the midst of a conversation and someone else is speaking and – BAM!…