It was such a great mother-daughter experience recently when I took Emma, age 13, to New York for the U.S. Open tennis championship. This is a sporting event I had been to years ago, but never before with any of my daughters. I could have settled for telling her details when I got back home, […]
Small moments can have big outcomes if we pay attention, and that’s especially true for leaders of business teams (and sports teams). Sometimes your leadership style develops subtle cracks in its foundation that can lead to structural weakness and collapse. Think you’re doing a great job? Wondering if you could improve? This checklist of six […]
Have you ever noticed how the lines blur between achievement and fulfillment? Yes, you can have both, but often people confuse the two. Achievement becomes addicting and, if we are not careful, becomes mistaken for fulfillment. I saw this all the time working with elite athletes. When I signed them as young players, I could […]
The Olympics are a pressure cooker unlike any other environment. Happening just once every four years, they are often a once-in-a-lifetime chance. A lifelong dream realized. A tenth of a second can be the difference between heartbreak and triumph. A decade-long dream can be crushed in a single minute. After years of training, the bright […]
Snakes. Spiders. Heights. Death. Public Speaking. What do these things all have in common? They are among our most common fears. According to a 2012 study by the National Institute of Mental Health, 74% of people suffer from speech anxiety. Fear of public speaking even has a name, “glossophobia.” From Warren Buffett to Tiger Woods […]
There’s nothing better than the feeling of achieving a goal. So why do we so often let distractions or adversity get in the way? Or lose our energy and motivation and then declare our goal unattainable? If you have a goal in mind and are struggling to find the strength needed to achieve it, read […]
