by arnoudse | Sep 30, 2014 | Lead, Vitality
I love watching athletic champions at the top of their game. In fact, I find it fascinating to observe true masters at work in any craft or vocation or hobby. Even “silly pet tricks”. For years, the primary lesson I took from them was their willingness to work hard,...
by arnoudse | Sep 23, 2014 | Discover, Obstacles
As a society, we have become unbalanced between consuming and creating. A key economic metric is “consumer confidence”. We honor “conspicuous consumption” as a sign of “having made it”. The external costs of overconsumption are evident — environmental devastation,...
by arnoudse | Sep 17, 2014 | Discover, Obstacles
In my work as a coach of “exuberant leaders” I have discovered that fear is a constant companion to anyone stepping outside their comfort zone. Fear as an emotion has surprising benefits. However, when we become stuck in fear as our persistent mood, we lose access to...
by arnoudse | Sep 9, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead
I have coached hundreds of leaders in the past thirty years. One thing stands out among those who are the most effective. They focus on making today better. Yes, they spend time on planning for the future and certainly, they learn from the past. But they realize that...
by arnoudse | Sep 2, 2014 | Connect, Discover, Lead, Obstacles
As a small child, I loved playing the “getting warmer” game whenever I was trying to find something that had been hidden from me. I remember when we five kids were trying to find the last few Easter eggs that Mom had concealed. “Getting warmer”, she would say as we...
