2011-03-09 – Trusting Our Secret Beauty – When caught in emotional suffering, we sense that we are living from a reactive, contracted place, and don’t trust or like ourselves. This talk explores the severed belonging that is the genesis of that doubt,…
On the PMP® Exam, “False” means “not True”
Some of the questions on the PMP®® or CAPM®® exam will cause you to scratch your head or stare blankly into space. I want to address one of these types of questions – it involves the use of the word “false”. Odds are you will encounter a question that…
I Have a Hole in My Pocket
What are you losing through the hole in your pocket?
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Krud Kutter: Dealing with “Two plus Two equals Waffles”
This weekend, I finally got off the couch and tackled a clean-up project that had been taunting me for months. Green mold slowly accumulated on window seals and deck stairs over the winter months. It was nasty. Saturday was my day of reckoning. I h…
Management Lessons from Rudolph
We learned from an early age that our biggest strength can also be our biggest weakness. The perfect example of this is Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (okay, so I’m three months late). His biggest asset was also his biggest liability. This turns…
Part 1: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
2011-03-23 – Part 1: The Healing Power of Self-Compassion – Learning to hold our own lives with a gentle compassion is a key element in all emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This two part series explores the suffering of being at war with ours…
March Madness – Coach John Wooden – a brilliant PM?
March Madness is the pinnacle of college basketball each year…2 weekends of “madness” as 68 teams (64+4…don’t get me started…) scramble furiously for a spot in the Final Four and seek the coveted title of NCAA Basketball Champion. The Final Four this …
Why Most Men Are Not Leaders
I was on a coaching call with my client Neil. He was complaining. He wasn’t fired up about anything. He couldn’t remember how to have fun anymore. He wasn’t doing anything that gave his life some sense of meaning. (BTW Neil isn’t his real name) He was …
Run Reconnaissance
Run reconnaissance to minimize new experiences on the day of your exam.
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Chrome: 4 reasons I’m digging this browser
I’ve started using the Chrome browser. And, I’m digging it, big time. Why do I have a crush on Chrome? 4 reasons: (1) Speed (2) Search (3) Space (4) Security. (1) Speed – Chrome is crazy fast. My technical friends have been telling me about the…
A Perfect Storm
If you are a project manager, you are in the risk business. Your job is to manage uncertainty. What can we learn from recent disasters that can help our own projects.
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Wearing the Green
Team-building comes in many flavors. Try green!
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Impermanence: the Gifts of Facing Reality
2011-03-16 – Impermanence: the Gifts of Facing Reality – Only by opening our hearts to change and loss can we live and love fully. Yet much of our life is organized around finding ground– avoiding the insecurity of change, loss and death. This talk e…
EVM or EMV – it’s the same thing, only different
A sign like this is a warning to slow down…you are about to drive through a curve. On the PMP® or CAPM® exams, you’ll encounter some sharp curves in the road. I guarantee it! There will be times when you’ll see a familiar term or topic, and y…
103 The War of Resistance and Self Sabotage – Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield (War of Art author) is interviewed in this podcast where resistance, self sabotage and our life’s true calling are discussed. Also, tips for beating resistance.
Trusting Our Secret Beauty
2011-03-09 – Trusting Our Secret Beauty – When caught in emotional suffering, we sense that we are living from a reactive, contracted place, and don’t trust or like ourselves. This talk explores the severed belonging that is the genesis of that doubt,…
Why You May Look Weak
“I’m stuck. I’m scared. I’ve got to do something but I just don’t know what to do.” Sound familiar? This was what my client Truman was saying to me recently. (BTW Truman is not his real name.) He’d been stuck for a while. He needed to make a change, bu…
Healing into Life and Death
2011-03-02 – Healing into Life and Death – Given the universal truth that these bodies get sick and they die, what allows us to find freedom, happiness and peace in the midst? This talk explores how, when we get caught in the suffering that arises from…
When We are Lost
2011-02-23 – When We are Lost – It’s part of our make up to get lost in the trance of thinking– to believe our thoughts to be real and to live in the story of a separate, endangered self. It is also our capacity to recognize our trance and choose pres…
Part 2 – The Sure Heart’s Release
2011-02-16 – The Sure Heart’s Release – Our longing is to realize and embody loving presence, yet we each have deeply conditioned habits that bind our hearts. This talk reflects on these habits, and explores how we can free ourselves by bringing a mind…
102 Is There Life After Genital Herpes? – A. Dale
How one man reinvented his life after genital herpes held him hostage for years. Brene Brown, Authentic Man Program and Life Coaching are discussed.