Love-based leadership was a thing before this past election, when people were seeing that fear-based leadership was not effective at achieving healthy cultures in companies. Now I think about two things: The hatred of leadership and The leadership of hate. First of all, hatred of leadership is when we love to hate our bosses or company […]
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#RPCL Log Date March 22, 2017: #BeingHuman #DoWhatYouLove
Do you go into an office everyday for work? How much do you love it? Really love it? If the answer is that you love it like oxygen, then you are in the right place. But if it’s not, then why not? I realize we don’t all have the freedom of choice. Sometimes we just need the work. […]
#RPCL Log Date March 21, 2017: #BeingHuman #FramingSuccess
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I would frame my success and failures to my daughters as I impart the wisdom of the world on them during their development. I feel more stressed than I had ever imagined I would for my daughters, when I identify myself as a fairly successful yet still highly stressed female […]
#RPCL Log Date March 20, 2017: #BeingHuman #JourneyToSelfCare
It can be so easy to just live in the moment and eat girl scout cookies all day long. Not that I’ve done that this week. With so much talk about mindfulness, why not just live in a chocolate thin mint euphoria and deal with the suffering later? We all have emotional baggage to unpack. And it’s hard […]
#RPCL Log Date March 19, 2017: #BeingHuman #DontBeAVictim
What’s your definition of narcissism? According to Wikipedia: Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one’s own attributes. I believe we all have narcissistic leanings. Self-preservation tends to make us so. And then other factors can contribute like doting parents or partners and a lot of entitlement. Alternatively, abandonment can also turn us into victim-narcisissts when we are struggling to find normalcy […]
#RPCL Log Date March 18, 2017: #BeingHuman #GrassIsGreener
We can stop believing that the grass is always green on the other side, by doing something about it starting today. Yes it’s easier said, than done. EVERYTHING is easier said, than done. So why not put your energy towards making it happen, rather than thinking about how life could be so much better if […]
#RPCL Log Date March 17, 2017: #BeingHuman #ManageYourself
Human beings are always striving to change themselves. Sometimes it’s an adjustment to be better. Oft times it’s a giant leap to be something else -something or someone we are not. It’s heart breaking when children grow up in conditions that are so far from what is actually normal, that they are too ashamed to […]
#RPCL Log Date March 15, 2017: #BeingHuman #TheRiskofMediocrity
I was having lunch with a close friend and powerhouse in the world of architecture design and luxury development, and we ended up talking about how some people are fueled by change and others are happier aiming for mediocrity during an unsettling geopolitical era. Mediocrity is the old normal. Although it used to be safe, I […]
#RPCL Log Date March 11, 2017: #BeingHuman #selfdoubt
As much as I tell myself, “it’s not me”, I still find myself doubting myself when I don’t hear back from a client. Even if I know it’s paranoia and their silence is legitimately due to their busy-ness. So it was a relief today when I heard from a client after 3 weeks to say […]
#RPCL Log Date March 10, 2017: #BeingHuman #YourGift
The best gift we can give to a friend is honesty. I know it can sometimes be hurtful, so delivery matters. I wasn’t very mindful of how I delivered a message and it cost a relationship, so I can tell you that it takes real work to find a way to be tactful and honest. […]
