Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living

Life Lessons

People Who Make a Difference

Just found out about a research project on ordinary people who make a difference in the lives of others. Sponsored by an organization that does training on Emotional Intelligence, here's how one of the researchers talks about the project: "In...

Visiting Foreign Lands

I found a blog about creative collaboration, one of my favorite topics. The blogger, Denzil Meyers, has a foot in the theatre world and a foot in the coaching world. His clients are ad agencies teams and other partnerships whose...

When Dreams DON’T Come True

The wonderful thing about blogs is that as a writer, I finally have a place to publish my short musings, those fragments of thoughts that haven't amounted to much except another short word file on my laptop. So here's one...

If Seth Can Do It….

I'm in a particularly creative mood this morning. This is my fourth post this morning. Helps when the kids have a "late start" day at school and we can all get ready for the day at a leisurely pace. Seth...

Meeting Them Where They Are At

I've been thinking about the phrase, "meeting people where they are at." It comes up with my clients. It came up in a workshop I took this past weekend with pioneers in the psychology world. I have a hard time...

Toilet Stories

I blogged last month about a coming attraction--a featured article in my ezine on shopping for a toilet. Well, I sent my ezine out last week and got great response. Not to be crass, but everyone can relate to toilets....

One Thing Leads to Another

I'm catching up on Seth Godin's blog. Me along with thousands of others who read his blog. Seth has great ideas on marketing and building your business that's fresh and insightful. Best of all, he can communicate those ideas in...

When Dreams Come True

The first line of the email said it all: "As you know, starting this orchestra has been a dream of mine for over 10 years!" It was from a friend and coaching client of mine, Frank Nowell, personally inviting me...

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Last night, I facilitated a panel discussion of coaches and consultants on the topic of building successful businesses. If you've never had a chance to ask a group of regular business people what they've done that's worked, I can tell...

Seeing the Landscape Clearly

I was on a conference call on Friday evening with a board for a non-profit professional association that I am a part of. Not how any of us wanted to spend our Friday evening but everyone knew that we had...