by Karen Darrin | Feb 12, 2019 | Health
I am obsessed with Tasha Eurich’s book, Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think. Self-awareness has always seemed to me such a key skill for leadership and life, in general. But...
by Karen Darrin | Feb 5, 2019 | Health
“Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn’t even know what it means to be brave.” ~ Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck Dictionary.com defines courage as “the quality of mind or spirit that enables a...
by Karen Darrin | Jan 27, 2019 | Health
Most of us are guilty of worrying too much about what others think of us. Studies show that we consistently overestimate how much, and how badly, others think about us and our failings. An unfortunate consequence of this is that we are far more inhibited and far less...
by Karen Darrin | Jan 22, 2019 | Health
We frequently find ourselves managing in situations of strategic ambiguity—when it isn’t clear where you’re going or how you’ll get there. It can feel like slogging through mud. Investments are stalled. Decisions are deferred. Resources are frozen. Fear, uncertainty,...
by Karen Darrin | Jan 15, 2019 | Health
Too often, we think of “success” or “doing what we love” as an end. It’s some destination that we have to reach. What many people fail to realize is that both of those terms are more of an approach to the journey, not the end of the...
by Karen Darrin | Jan 8, 2019 | Health
“That would be you.”Even if you’re not self-employed, your boss is you. You manage your career, your day, your responses. You manage how you sell your services and your education and the way you talk to yourself.”Odds are, you’re doing it...
