Ep #157 — We Are ALL Joy Creators During the live broadcast last week my friend (and marketing guru) Jodi Hersh commented that she loves making things. I’ve known and worked with her since 1996 (you do the math!) and I can tell you that creating is core to her being, it informs how she…
Episode #156 — My friend Alexis Ramer-Artin told me that “We can listen when the Universe whispers in our ear or wait until it hits us in the head with a bat.” Those whispers are always around us. There are signs all around us. Yet so often we move through our lives unconsciously, deaf to those…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #155 — Burning energy or finding gifts? Three years ago on the first episode of Mindset Mondays, everything went haywire … including (OK, especially) me. I lost my composure and when I look back at that broadcast, that’s all I see. Three years later, I got a reminder of…
Episode #154 — More Gratitude, Less Platitude A search for quotes about gratitude will yield an endless scroll-parade of images leaving your screen sticky from sugary platitudes. Ewww! And just like my late-night study-snack stockpile in the 1980s: all sweet, no substance. Yes. Gratitude is good. We all get that. Let’s move on … I’m…
Episode #153 — “I’m absolutely certain that certainty is bad!” Our brains are wired to perceive uncertainty as a potential threat to our survival. In response, we seek out certainty wherever we can find it, preferring certainties – no matter how painful or uncomfortable they may be – to the unknown and the uncertain. Without…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #152 — The Science of an Art? Much has been written about the science of leadership. And I’ve written, spoken, and ranted about it quite a bit. I am not at a loss for opinions on and theories about it, myself. AND … what excites me most is actually…
Episode #151 — Feel It All! When I selected a quote for this week, control over the US Senate was still up in the air pending a runoff in Georgia and the US capital city had not yet erupted in destructive or violent protest. As I sit here watching the dissolution of civility in the…
Episode #150 — Know Your Currencies! All too often, people use a single currency to evaluate success: money. That metric may show up as ‘deals closed’ or ‘projects won’ or ‘net worth’ or ‘savings amassed’ or even ‘money spent.’ No matter how people choose to label it, they’re still using money as their metric. Speaking…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #149 — I’d Rather Fail Than Not Finish! As a long-distance road cyclist, I have noticed that as soon as the finish line becomes visible, I have this compulsion to accelerate. And, no, these are rides, not races. And the data reveal that that I am not alone: most…
Mindset Mondays with DTK – Ep #148 — Useless or Dangerous? Though I loved Mrs. Southworth, my high school Human Anatomy and Physiology teacher, I hated the early months of the class. There was no thinking … it was at best, acronyms and other mnemonics; at worst, sheer drudgery. I still remember the origin, insertion,…
