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Mango Tragedy Part 2

What Happened Next? Last week, I shared the story of my mango tree cracking and dropping about 300 mangos prematurely. It’s worth noting I’m known among my neighbors as “The Fruit Lady” because I grow both mangos and pineapples in my backyard…but I’d never had this much fruit to handle all at once! While I…

300 Mangos & Resilience Under Pressure

Try This Mindset Exercise! As a leader, you will be tested over and over. Something will go wrong. A failure will happen. And when that moment comes, your whole team will be looking to you to gauge how to respond. Talk about being under pressure! As the leader, you have huge influence over your team.…

Training vs Mentoring vs Coaching

Why the Difference Matters Pop quiz for you: What’s the difference between coaching, mentoring, and training? No, it’s not a trick question! There really is a difference, and all three factor into a coach-like approach to leadership. What’s important is knowing HOW to identify each leadership mode and WHEN to use each one. Because they…

Live By Design, Not By Default

5 Mindsets to Change Your Life Did you introduce the idea of Odyssey Planning (from last week’s blog post) to any of the 2025 graduates in your life? I’d love to hear how that went! Whether they embraced the idea or quietly rolled their eyes, I applaud your attempt to help people you care about…

This One’s for the Grads

Tell the Young Adults in Your Life! Last month some of my favorite young adults walked down the aisle in cap and gown, officially stepping into the next phase of their lives. Between graduation vibes and my focus on values over this past month of newsletters, I started thinking about my own life following graduation.…

Word Choice Matters

Defining Your Values Language is complex. Although each word has a cut-and-dry dictionary definition, we assign additional meaning to words (connotation) based on our own experiences and perspectives. For several weeks now, I’ve been talking about core values, but I haven’t really touched on the meanings of the words you choose as your core values. …

Automatic Alignment

(In Both Life & Leadership) Imagine you’re sitting at your desk, with a list of your core values on a piece of paper in front of you. Maybe you’ve scribbled them on a sticky note and stuck them to your computer monitor. You can see them every day. But you notice they’re not doing you…

Your 4 to 6 Core Values

Complete the “Mining for Values” Exercise Are you ready for the final phase in “Mining for Values”? Today’s exercise is a continuation from the previous two weeks, and is a core exercise I use with clients and groups to help leaders discover their core values. If you missed the previous steps, click on the links…

“Mining for Values” Part 2

Free Download! Think fast. If I asked you to list your core values, what pops into your mind first? Honesty? Passion? Creativity? Determination? Last week, I explained how your core values are like a compass that keeps you on the right path. They help you stay true to yourself as you work to attain your…

Mining for Core Values

The Step-by-Step Process I Teach Clients Have you ever experienced a time when you suddenly realized… This isn’t the kind of leader I meant to be.This isn’t the impact I wanted to have.This isn’t the legacy I had in mind. Maybe you strayed far from your goal without even realizing it, like a sailboat drifting…