Whenever I meet with good friends or prospects, I like to ask “What have you read in the past year that has dramatically changed your perspective/rocked your world?” The answers I hear generally help me to expand my current knowledge as well as provide insights into the respondent. Unfortunately, the result is an ever-growing pile of books… [Read More]
Jack and Jill and the Importance of Integrity
Several weeks ago I reached out by phone to a senior private equity professional in the Southwest, as I had not heard from him in a while. He had reached out to me in 2016, when he was considering whether to leave his current employer and pursue raising capital for his own fund, a long-time… [Read More]
Instructions for a Conscious, Fulfilling Life
Back in 2011 or 2012, during a yoga class or perhaps while meditating, I created a pithy phrase that summed up my instructions for a conscious, fulfilling life at the time. Channeling a consumer packaged goods marketer’s brain I came up with “Talk Less. Listen More. Focus on Your Breathing. Express Gratitude. Repeat”, similar to the words we have all… [Read More]
Six Question Process
For your advancement, from time to time I will reach out and share coaching resources, tools and ideas that come from other successful executive and leadership coaches. Today I am sharing the “Six Question Process” from executive coach and author Marshall Goldsmith. Marshall has been coaching senior executive leaders in major global corporations for over thirty years… [Read More]
Sage Advice for a Successful and Fulfilling Act II or III
On a recent trip to the Bay Area, I had the opportunity to meet for nearly an hour and a half with a friend of mine who is one of the A+ list CEOs I most respect. When I Google this gentleman’s name paired with “Leadership”, pages and pages of hits from Fortune, The New… [Read More]
SEALFIT Kokoro Camp
Welcome to my 2014 Summer Newsletter! I hope everyone is having a productive, fulfilling summer AND is taking the time to spend with family, friends and loved ones. This month I highlight lessons around goal achievement I learned this past June from successfully completing SEALFIT Kokoro Camp, a 50-plus hour Navy SEAL Hell Week preparation… [Read More]
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