The small, inner me often looks at situations and has amazing ideas on things I’d like to say or do, but then as I think about them, they begin to seem childish and naïve and I keep quiet. I listened to that inner voice once when I was walking down Fifth Avenue, and...
When I was younger, I believed everyone’s opinion about what I could and couldn’t do and what I was and wasn’t capable of. It was exhausting, I was always carrying around the limitations others thought I possessed. As you can probably guess my self-esteem was pretty...
Others are usually watching us, not in a creepy way, but in order to gain inspiration by learning how we react to frustration, disappointment, annoyance, etc. Even if we think we’re in our own little silos, working from home, away from the world, our attitudes and...
Have you ever gotten in the way of your own success? Years ago, when I lived in Manhattan, my NSA (National Speaker’s Association) chapter voted me their representative at a national speech contest. As I prepared for the speech my ego kept reminding me I had to...
There’s a silly bluegrass song called “Just Because” about a woman staying with a man, just because, he has lots of money. The song is fun to play, but the “Just Because” mentality is something I hear all the time in the business world. It goes like this: “I am not...
I took up the double bass because my guitar teacher told me to pick another instrument; my hands, he said, just weren’t configured to play a guitar. That was a disappointment, but I took up the double bass and loved it. I have never been a very good musician, but...
