Creating Lasting Change
What makes people want to change? Notice that we didn’t say, “think they should change.” There is a big difference...Read More »
The Winner’s Circle
Our First Friendship
We’ve talked a lot about friendships and relationships in the last week. Yet, no friendship is as crucial to your self...Read More »
Meaning in the Moments
Last week, we talked about the need for “good friends.” Today, let’s back up a bit, and ask the question: Do you d...Read More »
The Enduring Value of Friends
Good, strong friendships can make our lives immeasurably richer. Good friends are rare. We have hundreds, m...Read More »
Taking Time to Nurture Within
Most of us extend small kindnesses to others. But how many of us practice the same loving gestures when it comes to ours...Read More »
Leadership in Action – Appreciative Inquiry: A Core Strategy during Disruptive Times
In these disruptive times, many of us are stuck in our normal way of looking at creating new growth. Our traditional pro...Read More »
The Search for Happiness
What makes you happy? Where do you find joy? No matter who you are, the answer to these questions is always the same. A ...Read More »
Mistakes as a Vital Part of Learning
From time to time, everyone experiences setbacks. We set a course and start out, but then we find ourselves at a dead en...Read More »
Taking Charge of Our Emotions
When you hit your thumb with a hammer, you know what causes the pain. In fact, it’s probably the most obvious thing at...Read More »
Profile in Efficacy
We talked a bit about self-efficacy in the recent past, so let’s continue the discussion today by looking at the profi...Read More »
Speaking About Relationships
Everywhere you look, it seems that someone is offering advice on how to make your marriage happier, your friendships clo...Read More »
Leadership in Action – How is Your Culture Shifting?
As you are working through the ever-changing landscape of business today, how will you and your organization emerge from...Read More »
Grand Parenting
These days, it seems that children are spending more time with their grandparents, and extended families, than ever befo...Read More »
Discovering the Benefits of Options
Today, let’s talk about how important it is to have alternatives, and how our thoughts can keep important alternatives...Read More »
How Old Are You?
How old are you really? And what does the number on the tip of your tongue really signify? Today, let’s consider this:...Read More »
Ability + Belief = Success
“Self-efficacy” is a word that you have heard the WCN use many times, just in the last couple of weeks, in fact. It...Read More »
The Price of Greatness
We touched a little on the subject of accountability yesterday. Today, let’s take a different angle on accountability ...Read More »
Leadership in Action – The 4 Components of an Effective Leadership Philosophy
Just as an effective organization has their Mission, Vision, Strategy and Values statements to guide their choices in ma...Read More »
Owning Our Decisions
What happens when part of you wants to do one thing and part wants to do another? Let’s look at this kind of conflict....Read More »
The Betterment of Our Humanity
Do you have a vision – a picture in your mind of how things can be? If you do, how clear is it? How big is it? How muc...Read More »
Bias and Comfort Zones
Whether it is the intentional racist comments from a celebrity, applying a nasty epithet to a sitting politician, or the...Read More »
Expiration Date – None
As parents, grandparents, teachers and such, we want to teach our children to believe in their own ability to “cause, ...Read More »
Engaging in the Future You
As individuals, human beings are constantly changing, even though it may not seem like it in the short term. In what ...Read More »
Leadership in Action- The 5 Critical Questions in Leading Change
Any time we make changes in our organizations, from a platform change in software to a strategic change in marketing, we...Read More »
To Be Authentic
What does it mean to be authentic in today’s world? It doesn’t mean just being different or standing out from the cr...Read More »
Taking Command of You
What happens when you feel an emotion but refuse to admit it? Perhaps, more than you think. From the time we were ch...Read More »