On this episode of The Courage Hotline, one caller needs helps figuring how to take more risks. (She won’t even try rollerskating with her friend out of fear of failure.) Another caller needs help figuring out how to implement change at work without stepping on his boss’s toes. I’m serving up advice to help them…
On this premiere episode of The Courage Hotline, I’m serving up advice to help one caller decide if she should ask her employer for more money. She feels underpaid but also recognizes that the pandemic has changed the economic landscape. What should she do? I also dig into my courage toolbox to help another challenged…
In my ongoing quest to learn and understand more about courage, I recognized the need to understand more about risks, which are a central part of courage. That recognition led me to the worldwide bestselling book, Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein. In reading the book, I uncovered three…
In April, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of Atlanta-based entrepreneurs who recently earned their Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification. This certification helps socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs better position themselves to compete for federally funded projects. I shared with this group three, critical mindsets, or mental habits, to remember as they…
I spoke at the American Camp Association national conference in February on the topic of conjuring courage to have hard conversations. It turns out, there were several hard conversations young professionals in attendance wanted to have, including holding staff accountable, making camp more racially and gender inclusive, and confronting higher ups who create hostile work…
Have economic downturns, job insecurity and social unrest during the pandemic transformed your once civil relationship with fear into something that’s become a bit more abusive? Fear, with its leery disposition and sharp tone, may have forced you into the tight spot between a wall and a hard place, leaving you stuck and stagnant with…