The Solace of Open Spaces, or Building Relationships of Trust
I like to use questions to challenge people and organizations, but questions can also be used as intentions to guide attention. When we use questions as intentions, we all look more closely, more deeply, finding solace in those open spaces.
Permission to Fail, or the Best Gift I Ever Gave Myself
Permission to fail is a deep breath, a confession. Permission to fail is the covenant I build with myself. By making failure something to be accepted, I learn to trust myself to overcome that failure. I trust myself to survive failure because I’ve done it before. I trust myself to learn from my experiments, from my mistakes. I trust myself to do better the next time. I trust myself to get up.
Doing Versus Being, or How Do We Step Into Accountability?
At the end of the day, accountability lets you step into your own power. When you are accountable to yourself, you hold yourself to your highest standard of what is possible and of what you can create. People no longer ask about accountability because it is no longer an issue of trust.