How good are you at receiving a compliment or outright praise? Do you tend to slink down in your seat, hide, or generally blush? Worse yet, do you start making up a story as to why that compliment isn’t REALLY warranted? If so, you are insulting yourself and blocking an important channel to your happiness and success.

For example, in the past if someone would compliment me on something I was wearing, I would make up a million excuses as to why that isn’t so. That would sound something like “That is a great shirt you’re wearing.” I’d answer “Oh, this shirt? It’s so old and I borrowed it from my partner and it’s not really my color, etc, etc”. In effect someone would compliment me and I’d be telling them “You’re wrong!”.

Another example of something more personal is if someone compliments you on something you did. Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s that time where March Madness has me in its grips as I hang on every development within the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships. Every year it is like being abducted by aliens where my personal life revolves around what time the games are on. This is about the only time of the year where TV takes any sort of priority in our household, but it only comes once a year and is worth its weight in life lessons and inspiration. Not to mention, I can still remember growing up where it was impossible to find women’s basketball on television except for maybe the title game and even then on some obscure channel at an obscure time.

The phrase “leave it all on the floor” can’t be attributed to any one coach but I can guarantee that the best of them have said it at least once. What they mean by it is for each player to show up 100% and play full out leaving nothing in reserve for another day. Because, in March there is no tomorrow except for the winners.

In my opinion, the phrase really means being willing to give it your all - heart and soul and know that at the end of the game you’ll come away with no regrets. Notice I say no regrets here and not no mistakes. Of course there will be mistakes. That 40 minutes on the basketball court is a microcosm of life. There will be joys, sorrows, triumps, mistakes, things you disagree with (officiating alone could be an article in itself), people you love and can count on, and those you don’t prefer. At the end when that buzzer sounds, can you be certain that you gave it your all and can walk away with your head held high win or lose? That is the question.

What does “leaving it all on the floor” look like in the game of life? Read the rest of this entry »