Expectations and frustration
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #49 For years – expectations have ruled my life in one way or another. Whether in education, marriage, raising kids, having a career, transitioning to another career, relationships – I have set high expectations for myself. At the same time, the expectations I have of those in my space – partner, […]
Don’t jump the gun!
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #48 Being competitive has its upsides: you train, you respect your craft, you show up, you want to excel and do very, very well. You want to win. And by virtue of being at the starting line on nearly everything you work on, being competitive means there’s a fairly strong chance […]
Listen First
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #47 Just before game 5 of the NBA playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets, starting point guard Jamal Murray came in a little early to see if he was going to play, after suffering a calf strain in game 4 of the series. And they just […]
Looking for confidence?
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #46 Playgrounds are ripe for many of the lessons I get to work on in my coaching profession. While I was covered in sand trying to avoid flinging sand from a digging spree with our little ones, a child hanging from a nearby climbing structure (six inches off the ground) screamed […]
Clutter and your brain
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #45 Clutter isn’t just one thing, it’s: A confused multitude of things, as defined by vocabulary.com. Clutter shows up in many areas of life: In your office – a desk burgeoning with files/loose papers, post it notes or coffee cups. In your home – a sink filled with dishes, laundry piled […]
In awe of the eclipse
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #44 Sitting outside a Denver-area restaurant with my friend, Frances, on Monday we used our MedOptics glasses to view the partial eclipse. Oh my gosh you can see it’s happening! This is amazing!! Our enthusiasm and exclamations over the next 14 minutes encouraged people near us to venture close and ask […]
Do you trust your gut?
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #43 One of my brothers recently shared that the biggest thing he’s learned about himself is using his accumulated wisdom to trust his gut. After years of dismissing intuition as unreliable, he’s adopted a policy to listen to what his gut is telling him before he makes small and large decisions. […]
Sometimes I think I think too much
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #42 What do you mean when you say ‘I think too much?’ If you’re like me, it’s most common when you’re ruminating or worrying about something you’re afraid might happen. Or whether a pitch or proposal you submitted will be rejected. Maybe you’re heading in a direction and you’re convinced you’ll […]
Here’s what happens when you’re kind
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #41 When I shared with my oldest granddaughter, here for the end of spring break, that I would be taking some time to write this newsletter she asked me what I was going to write about. As I threw out a few topics from my notes, she nodded her head without […]
Note to self: breathe
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #40 What is it about the month of March? Stress is showing up everywhere I go. This week a sense of dread felt like it stuck to my chest, rattled through my family, shook up several clients and even brought a normally cheerful grocery clerk to tears. Doing a scan of […]