ARE THOSE STORM CLOUDS WE SEE AHEAD?

ARE THOSE STORM CLOUDS WE SEE AHEAD?

In recent years, our South Bend leaders have worked hard to build an infrastructure that helps local businesses grow and thrive. From the many state and national reports we have all seen, they have done an outstanding job. One of the most impressive statistics is that...
EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS AND GOAL-SETTING

EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS AND GOAL-SETTING

People who have written specific goals and maintain their commitment to those goals, most often are exceptionally successful and accomplished in the areas of life most important to them: career, family relationships, social connections, health and well-being, sense of...
Finding Your Way out of Anxiety and Stress

Finding Your Way out of Anxiety and Stress

The last three blog articles have been about the crisis of Anxiety and Stress and finding your way out, maybe permanently.   This article will wrap it up. Obviously, you always have the option of taking prescription drugs to calm the anxiety and stress....
Finding Ways Out of Anxiety and Stress

Finding Ways Out of Anxiety and Stress

In the last several weeks I’ve posted several blogs focused on the individual and collective anxiety that grips our nation. The next several blog articles will emphasize what we can do to minimize this anxiety. Let’s remember that anxiety is an internally generated...
Anxiety Is at Crisis Levels! What’s Going On? Part 2

Anxiety Is at Crisis Levels! What’s Going On? Part 2

Psychologists tell us that anxiety is an internally generated state. This means that when we perceive or believe that current circumstances are disrupting or threatening our security or other aspects of our otherwise comfortable and satisfying life, we tend to get...
Anxiety Is at Crisis Levels!  What’s Going On?

Anxiety Is at Crisis Levels! What’s Going On?

I thought it might be helpful to write a few blogs about the anxiety epidemic in the United States, factors that seem to be behind it, and what we might do to alleviate it. I’ve given these statistics in earlier blogs, but I think you’ll agree these are shocking facts...
IS SELF-AWARENESS A MYSTERY?

IS SELF-AWARENESS A MYSTERY?

In my last newsletter, I posted the results of a large study by The Hay Group where 17,000 employees were interviewed to measure their individual levels of emotional self-awareness. I expressed my surprise that only 19% of women exhibited high self-awareness, and only...
WHY BEING A STAR ISN’T ENOUGH

WHY BEING A STAR ISN’T ENOUGH

Bill had grown up with his company, thriving in a casual atmosphere within the intimate entrepreneurial environment. When the size of the company became such that a more formalized structure was essential to increasing productivity demands, he rebelled. Even though he...
OH, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

OH, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, one of our favorite Christmas songs, begins with this light-hearted warning, “You better watch out”. It might be time to take this warning seriously. If you are a person who regularly reads my blogs, you know I frequently write about the...
EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS

EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS

We are absolutely amazed at the speed with which the terms Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Self-awareness and Negative “Triggered” Behaviors are being introduced into business training and coaching in general. This is wonderful news, even though these concepts...