When we were young, the idea of chasing our dreams excited & inspired us. But now, the thought of chasing our dreams makes us sweat.  It makes us nervous.  It paralyzes us.  We still dream dreams but the thought of chasing our dreams scares us to death.  We have dream-chaser phobia. Experts have a way of dealing with phobias called exposure therapy, where…

Happy New Year; 2012 is finally here!  We’ve spent the last few weeks in preseason mode: evaluating our jobs, planning our retirement speech, identifying how much time we want to spend doing great work and getting our tools right so we can accomplish the job. We’ve done it well and we’ve done it all with one idea in mind: this is…

Fear is a thief. Though fear exist to help us respond to perceived threats before it is too late (cavemen needed something to tell them to run with a lion was near by); fear has morphed into an intruder, robbing us of our ability to chase our dreams, listen to our hearts, and accomplish the amazing. We fail to fall…

Nervous? Anxious?  Scared?  Got butterflies? Who cares?! You’ve got an assignment to complete.  Make those butterflies fly in formation. Don’t let nervousness or fear rob you of your ability to win or accomplish your dreams.  It doesn’t mean the anxiety or stress has to go away; but it does mean that it can never be allowed to stop you from getting…