Gratitude Challenge: Fake Gratitude
You can’t fake gratitude. It will backfire unless you are an award-winning actor or expert con man. Saying you are grateful for something you are NOT grateful for is a form of lying and seeds distrust. Most of the time, we can see through fake gratitude. Gratitude is...Handling Conflict: Bloody Mouth to Flying Cans
The first rock I threw hit the bully in the mouth. There was blood. He wailed loudly and ran home. I was nine years old and playing Barbies outside with my sister and a friend. The bully started by taunting us and saying mean things. He wouldn’t go away despite our...If Only: Success and Failure in Leadership
Here are two, IF ONLY stories. Only one had a successful outcome, the one who knew and worked on what their if only was. In both cases, my intuition was screaming that these IF ONLYs were important. If only I had listened to my intuition and been more assertive. ...15 Gratitude Challenges: What Gets in the Way
You may think it’s simple, just be grateful. But, there are many challenges in consistently using an approach of gratitude. Some of these challenges might surprise you, as they did me. Because of these challenges, telling someone to be grateful, generally, does...Gratitude Challenge: Inability to Feel Grateful for a Situation or Person
It can be hard at times to feel real gratitude. I do not mean the polite socially acceptable kind where you must say “thank you” or risk raised eyebrows. You might find yourself in a tragic situation, or dealing with a toxic person, for whom you feel a strong dislike...
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