Often, as a leader, you will find yourself in a position where you need to make tough decisions. It may come in the form of letting an employee go because the company just can't afford to keep them or deciding it's time for your family to make some changes because you notice one of your children heading down the wrong path. Whatever the situation is that you find yourself in, it will require you to step up and make the tough decision. Tough decisions are tricky for a leader because it is regularly the case that those who are affected...
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3 Steps to Overcoming a Bad Day
Ok, so you blew it. Today wasn't the day that you had in mind and you fell short in some way. Whether it was an important deadline that you missed, criticism from your boss or that one child that seemed to never stop crying all day long, we all have bad days at work and at home. The question is - what are you going to do about it now? I remember days that I've had where it seemed as though nothing went right. It was one thing after another and when I got home at the end of that...
Choosing Your Attitude
I have a son who is 5 years old and just recently started Kindergarten. This has been a challenge for us and him because of new routines and new dynamics and realities in his life. He is much more tired and much more cranky than he was before he started going to school from 8:45am to 3:45pm. As I interact with him, I find that he is easily upset by things that don't go his way and he struggles to maintain a positive outlook on the things going on around him. In fact, I often find myself telling him to...