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The Emotion of Books

August 20, 2010

I love books. When I was growing up my mom made a living as a hairstylist, doing hair from a salon that was attached to our home. She worked most of the day most days of the week, just far enough away for me and my sister to get away with a lot but close enough to [...]

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Affirm and Add

August 17, 2010

One of the training tools we used in my training to become a master coach was improv comedy. The word “improv” incites sheer panic for a control freak like myself. Standing up in front of these people, whose approval I cared way too much about, trying to be funny on the spot? No preparation, no [...]

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Why I Told the Truth

July 13, 2010

I experienced something really, really cool this weekend. How to release the pressure and watch your painful story disintegrate before your eyes. The way you “release the pressure” is to Tell the Truth. It was Saturday, my family and I had just returned home from a typical afternoon: took baby to one of the Chicago [...]

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Questions about Complaining

July 7, 2010

I’m excited to see so many of you jumping into the no-complaint zone! Here are a couple questions people have asked about complaining. And one that I made up because I wanted to address it. Hey, at least I’m honest about it.    Q: Sometimes complaining is fun—do I have to stop?     You [...]

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Complaining and YOU

July 4, 2010

  In the last post about being complaint-free, I mentioned that it was pretty easy for me with one small exception. Here it is.     I’m pretty good at not complaining about other people or circumstances. Yes, I feel frustration at circumstances and notice unflattering things about others, but when I notice those thoughts [...]

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