Move Your Desk

Upleveling your work can be hard on the mind.

All the questions from others. All of THEIR judgements.

Oh wait, and all of YOUR OWN judgements about yourself and them. You know, you judging them for judging you and then judging yourself for judging them and on and on.

All of this creates mind churn. And, mind churn means you really aren’t making progress on the work you want to be doing. You are really just thinking about it. Or, not really thinking about it at all because of the churn.

Judgement is going to be in another discussion. But, it came up because I was thinking about what insights and thoughts we accept from others. We can choose to reject or accept them. Or, churn about whether or not to accept or reject them.

We get to choose.

I’ve learned from my personal upleveling this week.

I’ve learned to keep exploring my own confusion and insecurities.

I’ve learned to use past experiences and mistakes to inform my future decisions.

I’ve learned that some of the things I desire for myself have already happened in the past …and can happen again.

Tune in to find out how another woman getting hired for a CEO position that I wanted …provides me with the lessons I need to continue to show up striving to offer up my best work. And, helping others find & offer up theirs.

What is happiness?

Gretchen Rubin sought to find out in a year long project that she named The Happiness Project.

I finally read the book, after years of seeing it in my news feed. For some reason, the word "happiness" doesn't resonate with me. Perhaps it's been overused in trite ways. Or, perhaps I just thought it sounded to fluffy to describe the deepness and richness of live and work.

But, I gave it a read and found the stories and insights valuable. You should give it a read.

I share a few insights in this episode, as well as what I mean by the term "secret happiness."

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It's always a pleasure to collaborate with fellow coaches.

This episode I talk with Jim Palmer, a business executive and coach. He's committed to coaching veteran's transitioning into the corporate world and entrepreneurship (veteranpreneurship). He brings his coaching expertise, military training, and corporate experience to his clients.

Check the podcast show notes if you'd like a free coaching session with Jim.

You never know who is listening to your stories.

I found out that one listener is nine year old Elden. And, he told me he wanted to be on my podcast and share one of his recent experiences at school. In fact, he believes his painful experience made him smarter.

I think he's right. He gained some insights and reminded me of a few as well.

Tune in to hear his story. And, be prepared. He already has plans to share more of his thoughts in future episodes.

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You are a hard worker. You set goals. You make and keep commitments to yourself on a regular basis.

But, for some reason there are some goals and actions that don't get done.

Finding and working with an accountability partner may be a great way to get started on meeting that next personal goal.

I've found great value in having accountability partners over the past few years. I've also had a few lessons learned. In fact, I even wrote a short book about it which I use as the basis for a few stories and tips in this episode.

Though coaching is an excellent way to move forward in personal development, a first step for you may be an accountability partnership. Tune in to find out why.

It's always fun to get insights from people I coach. Especially if it's someone that you've known your entire life.

This interview is with one of my brothers. He's been making great strides in moving his desk these past few years and it's been fun to see him keep growing.

Listen as he shares his desk moving experiences, insights from rugby, quotes from our Dad, and his approach to sales strategies, self-improvement, and passion/purpose.

And, though I edited this a lot, please excuse any sirens in the background. Ha. We had about four rounds of emergency vehicles going by my home as we recorded. No dull moments here.

Are you willing to take the next step, even if you can't see solid ground beneath you?

This is part of the journey at times - taking a step into the unknown toward seeking that horizon that you know is part of who you want to become.

Go ahead, take a step. The rest will be made known to you, but not until you take the steps.

Choices are a part of everyday life. So, is defaulting to what is comfortable or easy.

Are you aware of all of the options that are put before you on a daily basis? Those options have often been strategically crafted in a way to lead you down a certain decision-making path.

That's ok. Or, is it?

Do you trust the curator that narrows down the choices into something you can digest and ultimately take action from?

And, are you a trusted source to provide choices to those you influence and lead?

It's something to at least be aware of and then ...decide what to do with this information.

You've got high intelligence, a lot of knowledge, and many years of experience. But, do you have ambition?

Cheryl Johnson recently published a book about ambition and we discuss the concept in this interview.

After listening, and reading, the examples Cheryl shares, I realize that I have an opportunity to learn how to become ambitious at a deeper level toward offering up my best work.

This skill is more necessary than ever in a world of constant change and surprises.

Tune in to get started.

Once in a while, we get thoughts that seem to come out of nowhere. Pure inspiration, blatant answers to questions that we didn't realize we were asking, or guidance to go in another direction from that we are pursuing.

Nudges from beyond our own mind. I call these nudges spiritual nudges and I believe we all get them, regardless of our religious and spiritual beliefs.

Once in a while I'll share a few spiritual nudges on the Move Your Desk show. Today I introduce the idea and one story from my own life that influenced the future of my life's work.