5 Tips for Handling Holiday Stress – #3
3. Check your mental baggage We all have memories from past holidays. A lot of us haul around a hefty load of stress connected to the holidays of the past. According to Mental Health America “memories” account for close to 50% of all the sources of holiday stress. The problem is we don’t realize it.…
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2. Tap into your “personal control panel.” This controls what happens in your mind. Remember to “Play,” but skip the “Fast Forward,” because, as Gandhi famously said, “There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Also, “Fast Forward” can lead to “self-fulfilling prophecy” scenarios in your head like, “Oh I know what’s going to happen:…
Read MoreDid You Inherit a Bad Team? Learn from Tebow.
You start a new job as a leader of people—a manager: entry-level, mid-level, or executive. You “inherit” a group of people: employees you did not hire. They are already “trained” in their jobs—you did not get to train them. They have gone through several managers before you came along. They did not fare very well. …
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5 Tips for Handling Holiday Stress Know what you can and what you can’t control: While we pride ourselves on being in control, it’s critical that we understand what we can and can’t control. The list of what you can control includes what you think, what you say, what you feel and do, what you…
Read MoreDo You Inspire TRUST in Those Around You?
Is TRUST an issue in your workplace? Is it an issue at home? What can you do to rebuild it with your significant people? Or build it in the first place? My presentations on this subject have been well received by the financial industry and others. And I’m putting together a helpful guide full of…
Read MoreTis the Season: Choose to Receive
Okay, the “receiving” I refer to is not in regard to receiving a football, as you might think from the theme of my posts. But…for those of you not yet on my email list – you are missing out! This is what I sent last week to thousands of “my people.” All you have to…
Read MoreVince Young: A Story of Redemption
When I heard Vince Young was going to be the starting Quarterback on Sunday for the Eagles, since Michael Vick was out with injured ribs, I had a feeling and a hope that Young might have progressed since I wrote about him in my book, Necessary Roughness: New Rules for the Contact Sport of Life.…
Read MoreWho Gets Your Heisman?
The Heisman Trophy will be awarded on December 10—on TV, in front of God and Everyone. According to the mission on the Heisman website, “The Heisman Trophy recognizes the outstanding college football player whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance and hard work.” Now…
Read MoreMake the Catch First – Then, Turn Up Field
Week 10 in the NFL, I noticed an error made by several players. During the morning games, two different times, a player turned his head up field before he had secured the ball. The “catch” was not complete – the ball dropped out of his hands. Fumble, and loss of down. One of my lessons…
Read MoreWhat a difference a coach makes!
What a difference a coach makes! I know the song title is “what a difference a day makes” and that applies, too, to my favorite game. Yesterday—week 9 of the NFL season, was truly an example of “any given Sunday.” I know—I’m mixing my songs and movies here, but REALLY! Anybody who picked all the…
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