“We will not resolve this.” “We can’t get unstuck.” “There will never be an agreement.” I hear that from clients, A LOT! My response is….not yet! When there is an obstacle, is that really the end of the road? You don’t want it to be, do you? If you reframe it as a bump to climb over or to go around, then the challenge is not the end of the road. It becomes ‘not yet’ AND ‘when’, instead of 'never.' The next time you are feeling stuck, remember that you are not unstuck….yet!

So you don’t know what PDUA means? Are you trying to figure it out? How long is that taking? TOO LONG. If we were in a meeting, you would...

When was the last time you watched yourself while you were talking? How about while you were listening to someone? Not often, right? Now is the time. I recently had a client who was in a conflict because of facial expressions. There was a misinterpretation of those expressions, feelings were hurt, and then they stopped talking to each other. When we unraveled what happened, the source of conflict was an expression plus a sound which was perceived as a sarcastic giggle. The al

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Although I have written about the “Power of the Pause,” sleep on it refers to a much longer pause because some situations require it....

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