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This past week’s challenge was probably a bit annoying at times. Being positive can be exhausting. You’ve heard it said that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile. That’s like positivity. Being positive initially requires more effort, but the long term effects

As many of you might know, our minds are programmed to be defensive. We are naturally negative in order to defend ourselves. The cliché phrase that our thoughts become ideas, our ideas become words, our words become actions, etc, isn’t too far off the mark. Even more significant

Five days is a long time to remember to do something, but hopefully you were more active in seeing your negativity and who provoked it. What patterns did you notice? Who sparked vocal criticism? What made you frustrated? How did they, or it, provoke you? Were you by any chance tired o

The freedom to be positive and empowering or negative and critical is one that is at the very foundation of our societal values and Constitution. I’m referring to our freedom of speech — to say whatever you want publicly without getting killed, a freedom that not all countries p

Friday check in: We’ll make this short because this week’s challenge was extremely simple. Did you power down during your phone calls? Did it make a difference? Believe it or not, people can hear whether or not someone is listening, even when they can’t see you. Don&

Monday Challenge This week’s challenge is particular, and it will be short but significant. The lack of this skill is becoming increasingly common in our society. Today’s challenge is based around phone calls. This might sound a little strange, but for those of you who con

Friday Check-in It’s Friday and maybe you forgot what this week’s challenge was. I’ll remind you that truly growing as a leader is dependent upon your daily efforts, not weekly reminders. For those who did remember, great job! Did you take that 60 seconds or more in

As I have mentioned many times, I work with incredible people who teach me constantly. I was in a meeting with a critical care unit last week that showed a YouTube segment that synthesized leadership thought in a superb way. After seeing it again this morning, in another unit meeting,

Monday Challenge Last week’s challenge of acknowledgment was part of an eleven-part series of the fundamentals of leadership. If you can be perfect in these principles, then you’re not human. If you can master them one day at a time, you’re becoming a leader. You mig

Friday Check-in Monday we talked about captains, winning teams and winning back-to-back seasons. So why the ‘captains’ analogy? Because your talent alone will never – I repeat never make you a leader. However, your ability to respect every single member on your team