How often do you say “yes” and stick to it- especially when that is a “yes” as an appointment to yourself? Or maybe you say “no” I do not have time and yet you try to figure out how to move everything around to make something work for someone else? We can schedule time and […]
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In last week’s blog, we talked about saying “yes” with enthusiasm. If you are going to be able to say “yes” with enthusiasm, you have to practice saying “no” with confidence (or if you aren’t yet confident, keep practicing and you will become more confident!). How many times have you said “no” but then someone
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Last week, we emphasized the “power of pausing” and reflecting on how a particular invitation or opportunity would align with our current priorities and what is most important to us. When we consider the impact of this “yes” on our work, our family and other priorities and we can still say “yes,” then we can
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We are all bombarded by requests and demands. We often have a sense of urgency in responding either “yes” or “no,” but what if we decided to wait – to pause – before responding? What if we take a look at our “Ideal Week” and our list of “More or Less” before we respond to
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As we continue on our journey to “Escape the Overwhelm,” today we are spending time reflecting on what is really important to us. This is particularly timely because today is our first daughter Clara’s 5th heavenly birthday. During the days and weeks that followed her death, I was able to be more clear than ever
Hopefully this week, you have been applying some of the strategies from last week’s post on Escaping the Overwhelm. It often takes a while for us to get to the point of “overwhelm” so it makes sense that it will take some time to get “out” of that overwhelmed place. One of the most effective
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How often do you feel overwhelmed? Is it daily, weekly or only occasionally? When we are working with partners and coalitions, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all that needs to be done in order to successfully work together well. In addition, partnership and coalition-building is often only part of the work we are expected
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The past two weeks we have discussed some ways to simply, efficiently and effectively evaluate your coalition. The first evaluation post focused primarily on reflection and the second evaluation post, we highlighted who to ask. This week we are focused on three of my favorite questions to ask when evaluating a coalition. These questions can
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Last week, we began our discussion on evaluating progress as a coalition. Most of the discussion focused on “reviewing.” This week, we will focus on “asking.” Good evaluation efforts are a combination of reflection, reviewing and asking for feedback. Join me this week as I provide three additional ways you can evaluate your progress as
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Over the past several weeks, we have focused on setting priorities, dealing with disappointment related to priorities and staying focused on priorities. One of the best ways we can stay focused on our priorities is to set realistic action items so that we are making progress on our priorities. I don’t know about you, but
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