Watch where you point that thing!

The problem of weaponized insight A participant in the Come Alive and Do the Thing! Mastermind has a brilliant term for the use of a supposedly wise observation to critique or diminish another person: weaponized insight. Don’t you love it? At first it was...

When Reality Hits, It Isn’t “Reality”

When Reality Hits, It Isn’t “Reality” A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I was a heavy smoker. Heavy as in two packs a day. One day I decided to quit. It was the last day of a hunting trip in eastern Washington. (Yes, in that other galaxy in...

REMINDER: Heart of Money Transformational Journey

REMINDER: Heart of Money Transformational Journey Money is a sore spot for so many people, regardless of whether or not they appear to have enough. It’s no small feat to find sanity, healing, freedom, and agency around this topic. My friend Mark Silver has...

Why does coaching work, when it does? Free call tomorrow!

Quick reminder that tomorrow, Friday, November 13, at 11am PT (2pm ET, 7pm UK), my guest Wyn Morgan and I will be exploring why coaching works–when it does. Coaching can be a powerful context for personal and organizational transformation. What makes coaching...

How can you tell when a decision is the right one?

In this issue of the “Simple Wisdom” ezine I announce Pay What You Choose Coaching. This is something I have been dancing with for a l-o-n-g time. Dancing or going around in circles. I chose this pricing decision as the topic of a session with my own coach...
The hardest things in life and how to make impossible decisions

The hardest things in life and how to make impossible decisions

What if you don’t have to get anything right? Just typing that question causes something in my lower back to release. I can feel my buttocks settle into the cushion on my chair as I stop working quite so hard to live up to whatever unconscious standards are...