Social Work Next Overview
Overview: What happens when the COACHMethod and the profession of social work come together for synergistic evolution: Social Work Next! Social workers are on the front lines of social entrepreneurship, financial capability, public education, and health care. Yet, the profession is only now discussing the integration of these practice areas into social work education. Rather... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 07/12/2015
This week, I challenge you to work on your positivity and expectation of great and wondrous benefit to you and those you come into contact with. The key is to arrest those typical thoughts that we see as responsibility and even adulthood. Success in being positive this week will require you to rework your vocabulary... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 07/05/2015
This weeks motivators speak to that lonely position trailblazers occupy. It is just true that, even in the most supportive of environments, there are times when you are the only one with the idea, the intestinal fortitude, the capability, the focus, the drive to complete a task. It will happen if you are innovating. You... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 06/28/2015
In my work as a coach, I encounter clients who limit themselves. We all do it. We are genius when it comes to making excuses to obscure our own greatness. The most insidious excuse is what I call false humility. The most dangerous excuse is fear of failure. But, the challenge I recognized recently is... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 06/21/2015
This Monday will occur a day after Father’s Day. My #MAWMondayMotivators today, in addition to the well wishes for this US holiday, added some motivation for the week ahead. I was drawn to the discussion of fear, control, faith, purpose, and surrender. The way it all came together was inspiring to me. It ended with... Continue reading→
Granulation and Page Counts
Writing is the most difficult thing you will ever love outside of a spouse. It is not made easier even when you understand it completely. It is only satisfied when you do it, when you practice, when you produce over and over again. Writing is an incomprehensible, insatiable maw of time and energy yielding sweet... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 06/14/2015
Tracy Morgan moved me this week. It’s no secret that I’m inspired by the success and work of SNL, Tina Fey, 30 Rock, and any comedian that builds a career after being a cast member–any cast. What energizes me every time is the idea that that one chance can turn into so much more. It... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 06/07/2015
I had a moment this week. The long story is that I have had 3 people tell me my future. Yes. They stopped me and told me specifics about my productivity, children, where I would live, and the financial success I would achieve. Similar to the movies, there was a time when this was the... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 05/31/2015
This week, we get to the core of the matter. I’m enjoying one of those awakenings that come periodically in the life of an entrepreneur with a day job. Every step of the way, the entrepreneur with a day job questions, “Is now the time to step out and launch my venture full-time?” The answer... Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 05/24/2015
I woke up to a quote that felt like home, the home I have been living in for the last month. Risk. It’s all fine and dandy to talk about risk when it is a chance to review a new opportunity. But, when risk requires faith because the opportunity is little more than a passion... Continue reading→