Kototama

Kototama

Kototama:  The belief that words carry a spiritual power, that what you say can shape reality, influence events, and affect the heart of the listener.  How We Speak About Ourselves What I hear:  As an accountability coach, I’m often listening to people tell their...
The Motivation Myth

The Motivation Myth

The Motivation Myth What to do when your motivation runs out We’ve all been there. We feel unstoppable…until the inevitable happens. The new thing loses its luster, and the reality of the work involved sets in. As someone who has been providing accountability coaching...
The Listening Score

The Listening Score

We have several clients this year that are working on becoming better listeners. This is a hard one to quantify so I shared how a past client had approached it. She decided to give herself a listening score. She created a scale from 1-5 and then tracked how she did at...
Drawing your year (literally)

Drawing your year (literally)

Designing your year I started with a winding road, since it’s been my experience that every adventure has its twists and turns.  As I wrote in the months, it occurred to me that although the months are roughly the same length some are fuller than others – like...
What do you want to let go of in your business?

What do you want to let go of in your business?

I’ve long been captivated by the ideas presented in books like Essentialism and The One Thing. Keep it simple and cut out the noise. However, when you’ve been in business for over a decade, you can accumulate business clutter that slowly weighs you down, often without...
Building Systems that Stick

Building Systems that Stick

The Dread Not many people look forward to developing systems. In the business world there is a particular dread associated with creating SOPs. We know we need a system or process for how to onboard a new client or a new hire but creating it is no fun. However, having...