This article previously published on Forbes. When is the last time you blocked out time for yourself? Not a spa day. Not a golf day. Not a girls’/guys’ night out. Not a date night. Time in your workday to protect your time, energy and stress levels. If your calendar...
To say I spent most of 2015 feeling like my shine had dimmed and sparkle snuffed was an understatement. I was coming off a really tough year of mourning the traumatic death of my estranged mother. I could feel how my perception of the world and my experience had...
We’ve been talking about the Brilliance Margin for a few months now, and as we learn and grow, one of the most important things we can do is awaken to our own personal power. What is power? Some define it by rising to the top of their profession. Some assess it by the...
In a recent newsletter, I wrote about how I handle the occasional basket of lemons life hands me. It is powerful to take a moment to reflect on the best practices you’ve developed for handling the ‘mess’ life sometimes tosses your way. If you’ve found yourself in a...
I grew up in a rather religious household and had the unusual opportunity of experiencing a few Christian denominations: Catholic, Baptist, and Evangelical. I stopped ascribing to the Christian religion somewhere in high school and by college was out in the world...
This article originally published on Forbes. What does it mean to be personally powerful? The generic definition goes something like this: the ability to do something or act in a particular way. Yet we have so many different definitions, ways, and thoughts around...
In this blog, I explain, in-depth, what the Brilliance Margin is. The short version: The Brilliance Margin is a self-perceived measure of difference between your brilliance and capabilities to that of someone else. Where a Brilliance Margin exists, so does some kind...
This article previously published on Forbes. When I talk about inheritance, I’m not talking about money. I’m talking about the beliefs, fears, stereotypes, and habits you were led to believe are yours. The programming starts early (in utero and throughout childhood)....
What does it mean to be authentic? We hear the word tossed around, but many of us never get to the core of what living an authentic life really means. I am nothing if not authentically me. (Everyone who knows me will tell you that.) Before attending college, I had the...
One of the greatest joys in my work is helping people realize and leverage their personal power. As humans, we sometimes shy away from our own power. We give it to other people. We deflect. We criticize. We outsource. Something often stands in the way of actualizing...
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