“Is the glass half empty or half full?”
Google the phrase and you’ll see Wikipedia places “half empty” in front of “half full.”
Interesting. Why is the wording not, “Is the glass half full or half empty?”
This idiom promotes a way to explore differing worldviews and illustrates…
Remember the story of The Little Engine that Could?
A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill.
“I can’t; that…
It’s not unfamiliar territory.
Another home improvement project is started. We purchased our 30-year-old home seven years ago. Yes, we’ve been Here before, we found another “fix-err-upper.”
Renovation of the upstairs was postponed for several years. Wisdom insisted that our home improvement plans for this real estate wait while I launched Next Level Executive Coaching, LLC in January 2008.
In 2012 we employed a General Contractor and updated…
Fifer Pig builds his house of straw. Fiddler Pig builds his house of sticks. Practical Pig builds his house of brick in Disney’s Three Little Pigs cartoon.
Built and influenced by personality, three brothers build three different houses.
Fifer Pig takes the easy way, for he “toots his flute, doesn’t…
“You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.” – Jodi Picoult
When it comes to personal relationships – whether at work, home, or in the community – there is one response that consistently hinders progress; in fact, it generally creates unnecessary conflict and push back.
Often the particular pattern goes unacknowledged although it’s affect is clearly unproductive.
Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. – Steve…
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. – Martin Luther King, Jr.*
Freedom is wonderful.
Fear is horrible; the opponent of freedom.
As an executive coach I see the limiting power of fear … not only in my client’s stories, but mine.
Recently I traveled to Boston for the two-day Harvard Medical School Conference: Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare….
