Humans are a fickle bunch when it comes to time. We tend to mourn for the past and worry about the future, never really living in the present moment. A writer had this to say: "Creative living means responding and reacting to environment spontaneously." (i.e. living in the moment!)

When we fret or worry about what’s going to happen we send stress hormones throughout the body which keeps us from being creative or able to solve problems well. AND, it keeps us from attending whatever is in front of us, exacerbating the problem.

What can we do?

I have three tricks I use to get people’s bodies and brains in the same place when I speak or train. I’ll share them with you if you promise to only use your superpowers for good!

• Take a few short, deep breaths: this relaxes the nervous system and just feels good!
• Think about and write down something you’re grateful for: this floods your relaxed nervous system with good hormones, making you feel good and aligning your...

Do you ever refuse help from someone because you think you SHOULD do it yourself?

I can’t tell you how many young and inexperienced leaders I’ve worked with who have this mindset when they start their leadership journey!

The problem is, you can’t do everything yourself! And when you refuse the help and joy others try to bring you, you keep your whole team back. For example, when I was a school administrator, I thought the same thing when I started. I quickly realized the job was way too big for me and I lacked certain skills that were needed. Thankfully, I quickly surveyed my team for capacity and willingness and found a couple key players that could help.

They were overjoyed to help me and I was happy to receive it! They taught me things I needed to know and I realized their tremendous value and skill set, which made me more inclined to give them other opportunities. We grew as a team and met major goals quickly. I believe it was this one idea that helps us the...