How to Review Your Leadership Style, by Enneagram Type

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Goals, purpose, success – all words associated with what you do, how you do it, and why you do it. Although their meaning is unique, the necessity to measure them is universal. Learning how to review your leadership style through the lens of your Enneagram type transforms the way you lead. Type 1: The Reformer … Read more

Take a Stand, Even If You Stand Alone

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It’s happening again. Something isn’t right, you already have an idea how to solve the problem, and everyone else either hasn’t noticed yet or doesn’t care. What are you going to do this time—take a stand (again), even if you stand alone?  No one will be surprised if you do. People, it’s not about control … Read more

Purpose + Effort = Joy

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At 4:30 every Sunday morning, I trudged out to the barn for morning milking. For some, this may sound like a punishment, but I enjoyed my job. Teenage-me soaked up my employers’ inherent trust; they trusted a high-schooler to bring their cows in, set up the milking parlor, and begin milking all by herself. No … Read more

How to Move Forward When You’re Afraid

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The last year changed us. Emerging with varied experiences, we carry wounds into a world unlike the one we remember. As I long for a life resembling pre-pandemic days, I also pause because not everyone feels as I do. Some days, my confidence wavers as well. Are we headed towards a better time? What good … Read more

More Info Is NOT the Answer

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Looking for information? Ask Google. Want to start something new and need resources? Ask Google. Need the support of others? There’s probably a Facebook group to fit your needs. Information is good and helpful if coupled with action. Success demands you know, understand, and discern. More info is not the answer. Don’t be an information … Read more

Different is a Good Thing

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Every time I hear someone start touting the benefits of being your true, authentic self I waffle between excitement and cynicism. Part of me is tired of the cheerleading, while another part needs the encouragement. What if the cheerleader and the cynic need to hear the same message? Different is a good thing! Questioning one’s … Read more

Help Others without Losing Yourself

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We’re trained to be helpful and selfless; freely giving our gifts is encouraged and lauded. While this is true and admirable, the standard should be to help others without losing yourself. Far too often, we give and give, only to be left depleted. But, they need me I hadn’t thought about the weeks after the … Read more

Getting Ahead by Letting Go – Embracing Imperfection

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One more try, a few more minutes, a slight tweak here…if you try just a little harder, it will be perfect. That is the goal, right? We want to do our best and be our best and best means perfect. In 40 years, no matter how hard I’ve tried that goal was unattainable. Trying to … Read more

Stop Deceiving Yourself

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This is a pep talk we both need. Stop deceiving yourself. My life is not better than yours. Your life is not better than mine. We need to focus on being who we are each meant to be. But I don’t want to be a Perfectionist… Quite a few years ago, I started studying the … Read more

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