Yesterday I ran the Occoneechee Mountain Trail near my house. It’s not really a mountain as much as a series of switchbacks and a couple of moderately steep hills, the type that require me to scramble forward with my butt low and stuck out like I’m entering a Kardashian backside-lookalike contest. On the steepest ascent,…
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Pushing Past Performance Paralysis
Many years ago, I took a new position and, with the new role, I got a new boss, Ray. Ray was accomplished, polished, and brilliant. Those are the reasons I took the position, to have an opportunity to work with someone so gifted and hard-working. But at the same time, all of those traits of…
Borrowed Confidence
At age five, I begged my parents to let me do something to prove that I had become a big boy: “Let me wash the dishes, please!” They consented, and soon the sink was overflowing with soapy water. I remember two things from that experience. First, doing dishes was more fun than I imagined. I…