Building Character

When it comes to abundance - feeling it, having it, experiencing it - I’ve found there are two surprising prerequisites involved: letting go and saying, “No.” Now, that might sound crazy, at first, but bear with me and I’ll show you why. Creating abundance in your life is as much about removing what you don’t want from your life as it is about attracting what you do want. Removing what you don’t want is pretty hard to do while you’re hanging on to it or continuing to say ‘yes’ to more of it. Attracting more of what you do want is equally difficult when ... Read Full Story

Monday, Tom over at Delightful Work wrote about Screw-ups, Fresh Starts & Comebacks . Reading it, I was reminded of the egg I’ve worn on my face so many times, and how, thankfully, I have learned how to do as he recommends and give myself a break. “Progress, not perfection” is my mantra these days. This doesn’t mean you abdicate responsibility for yourself - not by a long shot. But I submit that you can be responsible for yourself, hold yourself accountable for your thoughts, words and deeds - all without beating yourself up when you screw up. The best way I know to ... Read Full Story

One of the more difficult tasks we face in this life is how to rebuild trust in a relationship. Once trust is compromised or broken, there’s a suspicion present that wasn’t there before, and it’s palpable - everyone can feel it. Where before you would never have questioned, now you think twice. That doubt, that hesitation is the barrier to effectively rebuilding the trust that was once there, so, what can you do? Are you just stuck until it goes away? How’s that just going to magically happen? There’s no “magic”, but there IS something you can do about it. You can trust, then ... Read Full Story

If you want to find out what someone’s priorities are in life, check out what they do , not what they say . Does their walk match their talk ? Actions really do speak louder than words, and people in your life are paying attention, whether you know it, or not. Others can see your priorities, can you? On the group coaching calls yesterday and the day before, we talked about how to manage multiple priorities, and discovered in the process that it’s really easy to get waylaid by other people’s priorities . Most people don’t consciously open up their calendar to the world ... Read Full Story

Character Counts is the most widely implemented approach to character education, reaching millions of youth, in schools, communities, and in business: both for-profit and non-profit. Character Counts uses a framework based on basic (core) values called: The Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. You can implement this program with the help of the Character Counts website. It works, it matters, and it COUNTS. Read Full Story