The previous blog was about my Body of Work, and it left me thinking about how it all started.
Do you every think back about how it all started? As in what are the pivotal moments in your life, the point where something or someone entered your space and your path after, was directly...
Its been said that we overestimate what we can accomplish in one year and we severely underestimated what we can accomplish in a decade.
And to save you the time of testing the quote, Im here to tell you it is 100% true! The interesting thing is even though I completely embrace this idea, I am...
Story #20 is another tear jerker for me and maybe contains the lesson that is most impactful. The lesson is "tell people about the greatness you see in them" because we are all blind to our own greatness. You may get stuck on the word greatness, dont worry I did too. The way I reconcile this...
Story 19 still pulls all kind of emotion out of me, my eyes teared up while I was preparing for this blog entry. If you dont believe me you can hear my voice crack in the Audio Book.
I think its because of the intensity in the experience I had way back then. I had a goal to run a sub 4...
Story #18 is about the unexpected impact we can have on people. And the strange rubber band-ish outcomes that impact brings. The lessons I learned were:
- Getting past insecurities
- restrictive conditions in our life
- how making hard life decisions get you on the path to Becoming the...
Story 17 is one of those lessons that stings every time I think about it. Before I get into it, I want to give you the lessons I got from this experience:
- Honoring and valuing ourselves signals to others how they should honor and value us
- Playing small is a form of self betrayal
Back to...
Story 16 is a heavy story, word is you can hear my voice crack on the audio book. The details of Story 16 stirs up a mix of emotions for me. I think the emotions come from discovering the difference between sympathy and empathy which is one huge lesson, the other lesson in Story 16...
This entry is part 2 of Story 15 which is a story about self advocacy. One of the lessons in the story is not letting life rub the courage out of you.
Think back to when you were in elementary school and had a clear understanding of right & wrong. Life was simple, until we...
The lesson in Story #15 is about the ginormous value in advocating for yourself while doing so with some tact. Yes I learned this the hard way. I experienced this (the first time) back when I was in 2nd grade. The situation was one that has presented itself over and over through out the...
Have you ever taken a leap and just "did the damn thing" because you had to? Well Story #14 is a story about this exact situation. The Lessons I took away are:
- Leveraging painful lessons in service to others is therapeutic
- serving others unlocks courage and reveals untapped gifts...
The lesson in Story 13 is about trading instant gratification for long term impact. The instant gratification referenced in this story is sex. Yup the age old need & vice that challenges responsible decision making of the most practical among us.
The long term impact comes...
If you are compelled to question the establishment you will relate to Story #7. Now you may or may not have outwardly expressed your curiosity and asked "Why" as recklessly as I have? The key point is Curiosity comes with friction. Questioning the establishment feels like a challenge to those who...
