Stop grading with the answer key: Decisions and outcomes are not the same
Have you ever made a decision that felt right at the time, only to watch it turn out differently than you expected?
Most of us have.
Maybe it was a job that wasn't what you expected. A move that didn't solve the problem you hoped it would. A commitment you were excited about that ended up taking more than it gave back.
When that happens, we tend to put ourselves on trial.
We look at the outcome...
Draft first, decide later: Give your frontal lobe a chance to join the conversation
Most of us don't realize we needed a pause until about ten minutes after we hit send.
The text is gone. The email is sent. The words are out in the world.
And then, like an annoyingly late friend, clarity finally arrives.
The trick isn't learning how to pause. The trick is noticing when you probably need one.
For us, one of the biggest clues is urgency.
When there's a strong feeling that we nee...
More isn't always better: Why scarcity and abundance can create the same result
Lately we've been thinking about a concept we come back to often in coaching: sufficiency.
It's the sweet spot between abundance and scarcity.
We tend to think abundance is always the goal. More time. More flexibility. More options. More resources.
But abundance has a sneaky downside.
When we believe we have all the time in the world, it's easy to put things off. We'll exercise when life settle...
