Archive for April, 2010

We sometimes hide things from those we love because we are afraid they won’t love us if they find out, or worse, they will laugh at us which could crush our vulnerable dreams.

Here are four wonderful lessons from a movie that shows us what happens when we keep secrets.

The Musical Instruments Museum is the world’s first museum to display instruments from around the world with video clips at each station showing locals playing their music. There is a rich diversity of sound. Yet the museum brings all cultures together as you experience something common to us all–people sharing their stories, their passions and their expression of life through music. I learned a few valuable lessons from my tour of the museum.

I am working with two professional organizations on a similar problem—the leaders do not feel the local chapters represent the image and message of the parent organization.
The problem is that in the last three years, as their members scramble to get business and survive, they lose touch with broader more theoretical missions of their organizations.
What [...]

Many of my coaching clients laugh when the concept of work/life balance is mentioned. Some have come to resent it because it implies their overachieving ways are unhealthy and should be changed. Why should they feel guilty about not wanting to stare at their navels when they would rather obsessively do what they love? [...]

Blogging opens us up to ridicule. But if you are being true to your mission and message, then bringing out the naysayers strengthens your emotional resiliency. Read more…