by Barbara Dee | Sep 15, 2020 | Carpe Diem!
(A Tip for Better Writing You’ll Want to Use Starting Yesterday) One of my first coaching comments to a retired pilot who is writing a fascinating and historically-significant memoir was to write using an active voice. I wasn’t expecting his response. “Why?” ...
by Barbara Dee | Sep 15, 2020 | Carpe Diem!
I can promise you the possibility of a breakthrough in sustainable productivity if you will be an earnest sojourner along the following three access roads to the mindset required. One is paved by a psychologist/best-selling author. Another has been carved out by a...
by Barbara Dee | Aug 5, 2020 | Carpe Diem!
Just ask! (But how?) An old type of vinyl record album (a “78”) had a flat, smooth side and a grooved side of the disc where the music was recorded. If we call the flat, useless side a complaint, the grooved, functioning side is a request. The record album is...
by Barbara Dee | Aug 5, 2020 | Carpe Diem!
Catch and Release Saturday morning we all went out in kayaks and most of us were fishing. I paddled up to a mangrove island and parked in the shade, casting out. Heaven. I was using shrimp and darn if I didn’t catch a big catfish right off the bat. But guess...
by Barbara Dee | Aug 5, 2020 | Carpe Diem!
There is ONE habit you must be willing to GIVE UP in order to become a much better leader. As a business owner or professional, you have undoubtedly read two or more books on leadership, right? Some of you have read at least part of a dozen books on how to be a more...
by Barbara Dee | Jun 10, 2020 | Carpe Diem!
There is ONE habit you must be willing to GIVE UP in order to become a much better leader. As a business owner or professional, you have undoubtedly read two or more books on leadership, right? Some of you have read at least part of a dozen books on how to be a more...
