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Courage

You’ve taken the courageous first steps to fulfilling (or killing) a dream… now what? How to survive the J Curve.

February 21, 2023 by Peter

Taking the courageous steps to pursue a new dream, you will face and have to survive the J Curve in order to turn your dream into reality.

Categories Career, Courage, Life, The Gray Bear Tags Career, Courage, Life, writing Leave a comment

Loyalty to yourself isn’t as simple as it sounds

December 20, 2022 by Peter

Are you most loyal to your past self, to your future self, or to a fictitious self created by other people? The answer should almost always be, “It depends.”

Categories Conflict, Courage, Decisions, Life, Parenting, Uncategorized Tags Courage, Life, Values, writing 2 Comments

Embracing the middle manager’s role as ignorant speed bump

December 12, 2022 by Peter

The middle manager’s role is to manage both up and down the org chart. This means questioning authority and speaking truth to power, as well as managing staff.

Categories Career, Conflict, Courage, Decisions, Leadership, Uncategorized Tags Career, Courage, Leadership Leave a comment

Crisis decisions lead to unintended consequences

November 8, 2022 by Peter

In a crisis, avoid reactionary decisions as much as possible, to reduce unintended consequences. The long term damage may be far worse than pausing a moment.

Categories Career, Communication, Conflict, Courage, Decisions, Leadership, The Gray Bear, Uncategorized Tags Coaching, Courage, gray bear, Leadership, Life Leave a comment

The death of a future story you’ve been telling yourself

October 11, 2022 by Peter

We all tell ourselves stories about our future. Some are our own, and some are forced upon us. It’s always hard to go through the death of a future story.

Categories Courage, Life, Uncategorized Tags Courage, Life, Relationships, Values 1 Comment

Leading with vulnerability might get you fired… or beheaded

July 27, 2022 by Peter

People talk about leading with vulnerability, but what does that actually mean? When leaders don’t fully understand, people lose their jobs.

Categories Career, Courage, Leadership, Uncategorized Tags Career, Courage, Empathy, Leadership, Values Leave a comment

I’m now an ICF certified coach!

July 12, 2022 by Peter

I’ve made five major career changes over 35 years. Becoming an ICF certified coach is the most recent, and I hope final, of these.

Categories Career, Courage, Peter's Progress, The Gray Bear, Uncategorized Tags Career, Coaching, Courage, gray bear 3 Comments

Why am I (ir)rationally excited about this new tee shirt?

June 21, 2022 by Peter

I am so excited about this new tee shirt, I made a video. It includes audio from 1989, when I produced a radio news show. But that’s not the real point I have.

Categories Community, Courage, Leadership, Uncategorized Tags Coaching, college, Courage, Leadership, radio, Values 1 Comment

What’s in your stress management kit? You’re gonna use it, whatever it is.

June 7, 2022 by Peter

Crisis brings out the best in us, but often in the worst ways. Sometimes, the reaction that feels most natural to us may in fact cause more harm than good.

Categories Career, Courage, Leadership, Uncategorized Tags Career, Courage, Leadership, Stress 1 Comment

Here’s how my daughter reminds me to choose courage.

May 26, 2022 by Peter

Our everyday choices can be tiny, huge, easy, scary… Choosing courage isn’t always simple. How do you remember to choose courage?

Categories Courage, Gender, Parenting, Uncategorized Tags Coaching, Courage 1 Comment
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