Wendy McManus – Page 4 – Connect 2 Potential

Who’s Driving the Bus?

Listening to Your Inner Voices Maybe some people have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other… But for me, it’s more like a bus packed full of all of the facets of my personality…and they’re all fighting for the driver’s seat. I might feel anxious or worried sometimes, but if I…

Turn Your Day Around

The Smile File for When You’re Down There’s something I’ve noticed about high-achievers that doesn’t quite seem fair. Often, they see “losses” as personal failures. But they see “wins” as just part of the job and nothing more. Have you noticed the same thing? (Maybe even in yourself?) It’s a little bit like an A…

Three Gifts Within Hardship

And How To Recognize Them If you’ve read my stories about practicing a resilient mindset, hopefully you’re on board with asking the question, “What might be the gift?” when life throws hardship at you. Maybe you’ve started practicing and using the question for small, run-of-the-mill challenges. But now we have to address the elephant in…

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…