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Are You in Catch-Up Mode?

“The sooner I fall behind, the more time I have to catch up.”
– Unknown

Which Kind?

“I’m digging out.” That’s what my friend, Tim, said with a definitive sigh when I asked how he was doing back at work after knee surgery. “I’m catching up.” Those were my own words when my friend, Monica, posed a similar question to me about a month ago. I told her it felt good to be returning to projects that I had put aside last winter in order to care for my mother. Yet Monica sensed a degree of heaviness in my choice of words. “You think you might want to reframe that catching-up part?” Seeing as how this reframing business is something at which we coaches are experts (ahem), I’m usually open to the suggestion. This time I found myself yeah-butting: Okay, but even if I call it something else, aren’t I still catching up? Read more

Selecting from Your Menu

“I’ll have one of everything.”

Imagine you are out to dinner with a friend at a popular new restaurant.  The waiter asks what you would like to have and you proceed to order every item on the menu!  While this may be tempting, you know that it is neither possible nor desirable to consume all that food.  You must make a selection. Read more

To Don’t List…Get One

Early Morning Conversations

I walked into my friend’s office to pick her up for our morning ritual: a quick cup of coffee before our busy days took off.  With pen in hand, she seemed quite pleased with what she had just written.  “I’ll be ready in a minute.  I’m just finishing my To-Don’t List.”  I looked at her curiously. Read more