Iconic Leadership Coaching Blog

Like so many painful experiences, there’s opportunity bundled with the bad. Our lives have chapters we’d never expect. Plot twist is an understatement. Sometimes we’re the Director and sometimes we feel like an extra in the cast. Waiting it out on the sidelines hoping to stand out and be chosen.

Check in on how you’re showing up in your life. Check in meetings, at dinner, before bed. Are you clinging to life by your fingernails? Are you gripped with tension when in reality you’re simply sitting in a chair looking at a screen?

We change through our lives, and sometimes life changes us. But how do stay up to speed with ourselves? How do we continue to evolve?

Not in the old place anymore. But not in the new place yet? I get it. You're in the purgatory of "The Middle". Give yourself a break and stay the course.

Sometimes you come across a book that seems to capture what you know, but can expand your understanding and reframe your own approach. That's how I felt about this book.

How can you navigate a personal and professional path that you actually find satisfying while not setting traditional goals?

The plan can be clear. Timelines can be set. We can map out our next steps. We row with speed and confidence to our next shore. The next step. But real transitions take their own time.

The problem is that the more responsibility we have, the more expectations people have of us, the less likely that only time management will work.

Have you ever tried a Tech Sabbath? Would you be up for it? Here’s what happened when I gave it a whirl.

Who’s your inner saboteur? The judging inner critic that is always chattering away hurling self-confidence withering comments your way?

What happens when we listen differently? More deeply?

Declare a new season and set a new direction. Keep it simple and easy, and notice how much can change.