by maren | Jun 11, 2025 | Business, Mindset, Skill Development
We all have that lucky friend… the person that seems to always be in the right place at the right time, the one who has parking spaces appear out of thin air, gets raffle prizes and who never seems to have to stand in line. Becoming that person, the one with...
by maren | May 27, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Skill Development
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity,” at least according to the Roman philosopher Seneca. If he’s right, then luck is not random, it’s ours to create. I would agree with Seneca. I’ve played with this for much of my life and...
by maren | May 2, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Skill Development
I wasn’t even a teenager when I found myself in a weekend self-development workshop with my mom and my older brother. Two things stood out from that first encounter. The first was that my brother was a fish out of water and wanted nothing to do with it. The second was...
by maren | Apr 3, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Skill Development
She said, “Oh no, I can’t use that arm” and in that moment everything changed. How often do you fight for your limitations without realizing that’s what you are doing? What might happen if you stopped? Last week three seemingly unrelated parts of my life converged...
by maren | Mar 15, 2025 | Leadership Development, Skill Development
Hope. It’s a simple word. It’s not a simple concept. And it feels out of reach for a lot of people right now. Including me. Over the past few weeks I’ve found myself experiencing hope and it’s felt odd. Part of me wanted to apologize. Instead, I decided to share and...
by maren | Mar 3, 2025 | Leadership Development, Skill Development
I recently had dinner with a young woman who went into near panic mode about what to order and then told me I had to decide for her. Part of me was horrified, and part of me saw a much bigger picture, a key for leadership and an answer that had been looking for me....
