by coachseattle | Feb 15, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development
Vertical Development – Sense Making My dad wanted to give my daughter his new walker. He said, “It’s too fancy for me, and it seems Julie showed great interest in it when she put it together.” This highlights how a 96-year-old makes sense of the world. Like my dad, we...
by coachseattle | Feb 5, 2025 | Leadership / team / organization, Personal growth & development
WorkPlace Big 5 I am in the process of getting certified with the WorkPlace Big 5 and enjoying what I am learning. It’s a personality assessment that explores traits that appear in a correlated set of behaviors. The five traits are Need for stability, Extraversion,...
by coachseattle | Dec 10, 2024 | Personal growth & development
Limiting Beliefs When my daughter was young, our neighbor’s daughter often came over to play. One day, she told my daughter, “I can make messes every day and get paid to clean them up on the weekend.” I still smile whenever I think about that story about allowance. We...
by coachseattle | Nov 25, 2024 | Personal growth & development
What is Intention? I was shopping in a Chinese bakery over the weekend. Something clicked inside of me when I saw the sign, “心想事成.”I have been coaching on intention lately, and this sign beautifully describes it. What is Intention? How does it work? Asked...
by coachseattle | Sep 21, 2024 | Personal growth & development, Reflection
Problem-Solving I have been involved in problem-solving and coaching processes for the last few months. My skills have been improving, but my mind has been unsettling. Today, I drew a card that spoke to my mind about bearing on my experience during the journey. I...
by coachseattle | Aug 4, 2024 | Personal growth & development
Kindness The Chinese saying, “A good heart will receive good karma.” is one of my dad’s living principles. Watching him living self-sufficiently in good health at 95, I witness the power of a good heart. From time to time, I noticed his kindness was...