Ric, Serendipitous? Frankly I do not believe it was completely by chance that I came to my Saturday morning writing place – to write this to you – and found myself in a conversation with Jacob. Jacob is a young man who works at this coffee shop and continually pays value to me and my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Purpose’
The Client Letters – Three (Ric)
Posted in Messaging, The Client Letters 2011, tagged Commitment, Flow, Larger Story, New Confidence, Presence, Purpose, Story on July 23, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The Client Letters – Two (Dave)
Posted in Communication and Connection, The Client Letters 2011, tagged 21st Century Leadership Skills, Commitment, Desire, Experience, Intent, Larger Story, Purpose, Story, Storytelling, Understanding, Voice on May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Dave, How fitting it seems to write this as we approach Memorial Day. You will understand why. You came to me after receiving the charge to transform your yellow pad. If I remember correctly, it was something like; You are really good at carrying around the yellow pad with tasks that must be done. I [...]
Purpose – Your “Date Nail”
Posted in 21st Century Awareness, tagged Brand, Focus, Impact, Larger Story, Love, Purpose, Story, Storytelling on May 7, 2011 | 6 Comments »
In order to do my best, I must feel part of something larger. I want to know those I am connected with care; care about the work, the people, and the customers. -Coaching Client, Deanna We were working on strategies of action to bring his personal brand to vivid reality for the division he leads. [...]
The Authentic Message of You
Posted in 21st Century Awareness, tagged Authenticity, Presence, Purpose, Story, Storytelling on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tim took a risk; good for him. He stepped into a new role in a start-up financial business. Within three months, Tim was feeling the burn as one’s natural strength silhouette does not align properly with the profile of the role. The friction is tolerable for a while. How long depends on the individual and [...]
Confident Structure
Posted in The Skill of Confidence, tagged Authenticity, Commitment, Experience, Fear of Failure, Focus, Learning, Presence, Present, Purpose on February 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The fear of failure is always connected to a negative filament of the unknown. This fear is in a lack of presence – a pouring out of power, a drawing down by an unnecessary visit to the future. Arriving at my writing place, Pam was walking to her car. Pam is the artist who masterfully created the [...]
Confident Vision
Posted in The Skill of Confidence, tagged Collective, Desire, New Confidence, Presence, Present, Purpose, Values, Vision on February 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Marilyn’s gift has been with me now for more than fifteen years. I am a strong visual thinker; and she knew that. We would be in a conversation and I would begin to talk about some future desire regarding our work as leaders. Marilyn would look at me with expectation and ask, “Jeff, what does [...]
Freedom and Confidence – Purpose
Posted in Confidence, Freedom and Confidence, tagged Accountability, Authenticity, Purpose, Trust, Values on January 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
It is an offence in our collective experience when an individual feels no purpose. We each have an accountability to purpose – to be who we are; embracing and leveraging who we are and making choices in light of this authenticity. Before you do, there is an accountability to be. Purpose grows confidence in the [...]
Freedom and Confidence – Energy
Posted in Confidence, Freedom and Confidence, tagged Brand, Energy, Flow, Freedom, Performance, Purpose on January 3, 2011 | 5 Comments »
It is in the spaces between work that love, friendship, depth and dimension are nurtured. Without time for recovery, our lives become a blur of doing unbalanced by much opportunity for being. – Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz in The Power of Full Engagement Among the barriers to personal effectiveness is thinking that limits one’s [...]
Freedom and Confidence – Trusting in the Flow
Posted in Confidence, Freedom and Confidence, tagged Authenticity, Flow, Purpose, Trust on November 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »
There is freedom in trust. There is promise in the flow. In my book, Wading the Stream of Awareness, I illustrate flow as being present with life. Life is flowing, and it moves with or without our conscious presence. The promises made by the movement can only be caught by the conscious fisher. When trust [...]
The Creative Transition
Posted in Trust, tagged Commitment, Present, Purpose, Story, Transition on August 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
For years I dreamed of writing a book. Two things came together to make that dream a reality: Focus and a driving metaphor. Focus was about what I do; my purpose. A driving metaphor was about finding inspiration to tell the story of that purpose. When I held the published book in my hands, I [...]
