The Still Space Podcast

Corporations calculate success by metrics – return on investment, productivity, key performance indicators, cost savings, balance sheets, cash flow, retention, number of goods sold, quality metrics, speed to market, profit margins. Goals are created in the aggregate of these measurements. Performance at work is tied to goals. A goals is always measurable. If it isn’t measurable, it is only a notion, not a goal. In this episode we’ll discuss how to craft sound goals and let of the unhealthy expectations we tie to them. Get Mary Lee’s free career plan at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Your character will outweigh any lie told about you. Those who know you KNOW you. When you defend yourself, you always lose. In this episode we’ll talk about reputation and how to make sure that you have a good one and one that stands out. You’ll learn how to fully understand that and go high when others go low. Get my free career plan at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

I was recently asked for my best leadership advice and this list is the result of that question. They aren’t the typical high level conceptual tips found in best-selling books. These are tips from the trenches of my journey from welfare to CEO, having had to make my own way to the C-Suite without always having the best resume for the job. Get my free career plan at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

I was recently asked for my best leadership advice and this list is the result of that question. They aren’t the typical high level conceptual tips found in best-selling books. These are tips from the trenches of my journey from welfare to CEO, having had to make my own way to the C-Suite without always having the best resume for the job. Get my free career plan at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

I was recently asked for my best leadership advice and this list is the result of that question. They aren’t the typical high level conceptual tips found in best-selling books. This is a continuation of my best tips from the trenches of my journey from welfare to CEO, having had to make my own way to the C-Suite without always having the best resume for the job. Get my free career plan at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

I was recently asked for my best leadership advice and this list is the result of that question. They aren’t the typical high level conceptual tips found in best-selling books. This episode holds the tips from the trenches of my journey from welfare to CEO, having had to make my own way to the C-Suite without always having the best resume for the job and as a single mom with four children at home.

Your ability to be kind to yourself – to know that no matter what the situation – you are ok with who you are is self-acceptance. This is a superpower. No judgment. On this episode you will learn how to stay in the space of self-acceptance – even when everything around you indicates otherwise. You remember who values you. Your compassion for others grows. Compassion for self and others is the fulfilled human condition. Learn how to stand consistency in your brilliance. For more on this go to www.MaryLeeGannon.com where you’ll see Mary Lee’s free career plan.

This episode is a continuation of Episode #18 and gives you more specific actionable strategies you can use to gain power in The Still Space. In The Still Space you can execute self-regulation practices that disarm doubt before your thoughts take over and emotions rule your behavior. This is where procrastination, perfectionism resentment, anger, sadness, and stuck thoughts take hold. You are not your thoughts. You are the thinker. If you are familiar with recognizing the Still Space, you can shift your thoughts and behavior before fear creeps in. That’s power and peace. Learn more at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

Have you ever been in a high-risk meeting or in a conversation where someone challenges your position, and you immediately feel threatened and that the world is closing in on you? I call this The Still Space, the same space Austrian psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankly described when he said, “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” In this space we can execute self-regulation practices that disarm doubt before our thoughts take over and emotions rule our behavior. You are not your thoughts. You are the thinker. If you are familiar with recognizing the Still Space, you can shift your thoughts and behavior before fear creeps in. That’s power. This episode gives you specific actionable strategies you can use to gain power in The Still Space. Learn more at www.MaryLeeGannon.com

We are on this earth to enjoy love, be happy and create meaningful relationships. In this space we feel safe, connected and valued. To do that we must be able to communicate and not guard our souls. We are more successful at this when we cultivate a curiosity to understand how people think, feel and behave. This alone will jumpstart your self-awareness. A lack of awareness of how you and others think, feel and behave will result in failed relationships. When we are uncomfortable with ourselves, resentment and hate can grow. Insecurity breeds anger, fear and injury. Insecure people feel others threaten them. If the insecure person doesn’t know how to heal their feelings of unworthiness, it can turn to hate. Hate for feeling uncomfortable. Hate for their uncertainty. Hate for feeling left out. Hate for feeling dismissed. Hate for feeling not good enough. Insecurity can bleed hate like a hemorrhage. Hate isn’t mutually exclusive. If you hate others, you hate yourself for something too. In this episode we undo hate for better peace, success and relationships. Get free career tools at www.MaryLeeGannon.com