Conquering Your Fear Of Failure coaching feelings goals Feb 04, 2025

 

 

“Perfection is the enemy of good.”

–Voltaire



Regarding the invention of the electric light bulb, Thomas Edison famously said: “I have not failed.  I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”  Can you imagine a world where Thomas Edison looked at his pile of failures and decided to give u...

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There Is Not Better Than Here balance goals Jan 28, 2025

 

 

“There” is no better than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here,” you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.” 

― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit 

 

Physicians are not strangers to the ...

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Capacity For Change goals lifestyle Jan 14, 2025

 

 

“Change begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

–Roy T. Bennett, The Light In The Heart



 

Before physician coaching, I did not believe that I had the capacity for change.  I would dare say that I had a relatively dismal opinion of anyone’s ability to change.  Of course, we all have the p...

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What's Your Why? goals Jan 07, 2025

 

 

“Working hard for something we do not care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”

Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action



Have you ever set out to accomplish a new goal?  Maybe you wanted to lose weight, save ...

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Unpacking Feelings: Everything You Want Is On The Other Side Of Something You Don't Want To Feel coaching goals Nov 12, 2024

 



Everything you want is on the other side of something you don’t want to feel



Pop culture would have you believe that feeling your feelings is commonplace.  When I was going through my list of possible songs to link to this post, it was clear that people like to talk about (and sing about) th...

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Saying Yes To The Things That Matter balance goals Oct 29, 2024

 

 

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically—to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.”
―Stephen Covey
 

 

 

 

Work-life balance has become increasingly popular over ...

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Where Are The Physician Satisfaction Metrics? coaching feelings goals Sep 24, 2024

 

 

“The Hospital Will Not Love You Back.”

–Vagabond MD 



During a physician meeting, one of my partners began talking about physician satisfaction.  He said it in a very matter-of-fact way.  He spoke about how our current way of doing things affected physician satisfaction.  As he spoke, I beg...

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Living In Integrity balance goals lifestyle Sep 10, 2024

 

 

“If you have integrity, nothing else matters. 

If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”

–Harvey Mackay

  

 

Here’s something I never thought I’d say: I attended a conference for entrepreneurs. Over the years, I’ve been to countless medical conferences where the atmosphere is f...

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Comfort Doesn't Change You coaching feelings goals Sep 03, 2024

 

 

“Discomfort is the currency of your dreams.”

--Brooke Castillo

 

 

According to Google, comfort is a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint.  Just reading that makes me feel more relaxed.  Comfort is quiet, warm, and cozy.  It is security and the sense that everything ...

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Do Nothing Goals balance goals lifestyle Aug 13, 2024

 

 

“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.” 

—Mark Black

 

 

In August 2022, I gave myself one job: Do nothing. My goal was to rest, rejuvenate and relax. I have spent so much of my life hustling and achieving that a much-needed rest was undoubtedly in order. And guess what happened? I ...

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Goal Setting: Dreaming Big In The New Year coaching goals Jan 03, 2023

 

 

“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.”
―Les Brown

 

  

We ask our children to wonder and dream, and they do.

  • What do you want to be when you grow up? 
  • If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it? 
  • If you could be a superher
  • ...
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The Legacy Of Abundance balance coaching feelings goals Nov 23, 2022



 

 

“There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, ‘There’s not enough good to go around. There’s lack and there’s limitation and there’s just not enough.’

The truth is that there’s more than enough good to go around. There is more than enough creative idea...

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