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The Self-Awareness Challenge: A Look Inside Our Own Heads
As you’ve likely been discovering for yourself, the dynamic virtue of Self-Awareness is tricky to acquire and sustain. According to EQ specialist Travis Bradberry, only 36% of the population is aware…
Know Thyself: Laying The Groundwork For Genuine Self-Awareness
Are you feeling brave after reading my recent article, Acquiring EQ Through Self-Awareness? Are you ready to look into the mirror to recognize, understand and manage your own emotions? You’ll be…
The Most Rewarding Journey: Acquiring EQ Through Self-Awareness
Are you ready to pivot? I’m referring to switching gears from “Gettin’ Gritty” to developing the secret ingredient to a successful career and a fulfilled life. It’s known as Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and it’s the…
The Pivot Point: How To Recognize The Limits Of Grit In Your Career
It’s been 6 weeks of thorough Grit exploration, and I’m feeling aligned and focused on my goals and excited to be taking calculated steps towards them. I hope you’ve been inspired to do the same, and are…
Start Your Journey: Putting Your Grit Roadmap To Use
When I work with coaching clients, a challenge they share is having too much on their plates. In your career, this quagmire can directly impact the achievement of your goals and the greater goals of the company. This fosters uncertainty about how to…
Gettin’ Gritty: How To Develop A Roadmap To Your Goal
Have you enjoyed getting Gritty with me? I hope that my recent case study in Grit has you thinking, and acting. Grit as a buzzword gets tossed around in the media and in books, almost making it…
True Grit: Unpacking The G in GRACE
It’s a brand-new year. And as promised, our exploration of GRACE in the WorkplaceTM will continue to be the focus. But before we move forward with that exploration, take a moment to reflect on my 2017…
Curiosity: Your New Objective, and My 2018 Word of the Year!
Welcome 2018! With the arrival of yet another brand-new year, I’m reminded of the many ways in which I’m fortunate….in business, and in life. But nothing seems quite as poignant at this moment as setting…
The Front Burner Effect: Finding Mental Resilience Through The Art of Scheduling
The precious commodity known as Mental Energy is responsible for keeping us optimally focused on our professional duties. But as you may have learned in my recent article Mastering Mental Resilience…
Mastering Mental Resilience: Energy’s Final Frontier
Grit and Resilience have been our focus topic for several months now. If you’ve been riding along with me on this exploration, I hope you’ve discovered the vital importance of spiritual, emotional and physical…
The Food Factor, Part 2: Adjusting Your Diet Mindset
Here’s a familiar adage: “You are what you eat.” It’s been uttered so often that it became a cliché generations ago. Most of us understand its meaning on some scientific level, even those of us who are…
The Food Factor, Part 1: Your Diet = Your Resilience
It’s a clear-cut case: Exercise must supplement your other good physical energy habits if you expect to maintain grit and resilience in your life and career. In addition to keeping your weight in-check…
Your Physical Energy Keystone: Exercising Your Way To Resilience
To help you begin the ascension toward your best and most resilient self, I’ve explored with you the various tenets for maintaining good physical energy. We looked at managing our energy tanks, seeking…
Catchin’ Z’s: The Overlooked Connection Between Sleep & Resilience
Maintaining good physical energy is your ticket to a life and career filled with resilience. Let your physical energy deplete, and you’ll find that not only will your work performance noticeably suffer, but…
Is Your Body A Temple?: Why You Should Embrace Good Physical Energy
In examining the leadership strengths that allow women professionals to be authentic and optimally effective, we at DRIVEN have had plenty to share on Grit and Resilience, known also as the G and R of GRACE…
Preemptive Power: How To Cultivate A Resilience Mindset
If you’ve been meditating on the Van Gogh quote I shared in my last article Checking Your Gauge: Resilience & Your Emotional Energy Tank, Part 2, have you noticed how many minor nuisances irk you…
Checking Your Gauge: Resilience & Your Emotional Energy Tank, Part 1
Vincent Van Gogh famously said, “Let’s not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives, and we obey them without realizing it.” The first part of his statement comes across…
The Secret Ingredient of Resilience: Harnessing Your Spiritual Energy, Part 2
Have you been walking a little taller lately? Perhaps feeling invincible? Then you must have taken my advice in regard to boosting your spiritual energy by drawing a connection to Resilience. This is one…
The Secret Ingredient of Resilience: Harnessing Your Spiritual Energy, Part 1
Life events, constant stress and everyday challenges can all eat away at our resilience. Think about the times you’ve declared, “I give up” or “I can’t take it anymore”. And then, remarkably, you get…
All About Eve: The Road To Reprogramming Your Inner Critic
The Inner Critic plays a key role in our ongoing evolution as a species. Whenever she pokes her nose into your daily business, it’s meant to protect you from embarrassment or disappointment. Haven’t you…