COMING UP CLUTCH™

“Jesus, take the wheel.” No, I’m not admitting I’m a Carrie Underwood fan. I don’t know about you, but whenever I hear her song or hear one of my fellow Southern sisters say the phrase, my initial reaction is, “Ha! Easier said than done.” Because us highly driven people LOVE us some control, right? We […]

When your marriage or relationship (or friendship) is operating at its best, what does it look like? How are you feeling? What are you thinking? Believing? How are you acting?  The truth is, you know those answers. But the reality – you’re not leveraging them enough in your day-to-day interactions. And when that happens, your

Change is tough. In many cases, it takes a whole mess of resilience. But staying resilient is tough, too. Right? What has helped me stay resilient in the face of tough transitions or change – learning how others got through. …seeing what worked and what didn’t work for people who endured similar situations. So, I

How often do you overlook how the negative parts of your day (or career) are affecting your relationships? This is real. Us humans go on autopilot more often than we want to admit. And, in many cases, it’s giving all the negativity around us a free runway to wreak havoc on our most important relationships. 

“I’ll get to it tomorrow.” How easy is it to say that? …especially when you have so much on your plate. Problem is, tomorrow may not come if your plate keeps getting heavier and heavier.  What would life be like without the full plate? What can you do NOW to make sure you’re not overloading

How does it make you feel when you have a much better understanding of something vs. the person or people around you?  If you’re anything like me, you feel confident. You may even feel like your leadership got a jolt of fuel. If you’re really like me, you want to help those people around you

What are you measuring yourself up against? Sadly, for years, I was measuring myself up against so many other people. That’s why my life and path looked like a dang heart rate monitor. Up here, down there, over there, back down, back up. It’s dizzying just thinking about it.  The shift happened when I started

Is celebrating wins part of your yearly goal-setting process? If you’re like most people, that answer is NO. If that’s the case, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity to set more informed goals that are aligned with the best version of you. Because I’m aware that most high achievers aren’t celebrating their wins regularly,

“That won’t ever happen to me.”  Ever catch yourself saying that? You know, you hear a news story about the smash-and-grab in a city parking lot…or the car following a lady home from her grocery store trip…or the drunk dude who just randomly landed a punch on an innocent pedestrian, sending him to the hospital

The way you pursue big goals matters. I’m watching too many people burn themselves out because all their focus is on WHAT they’re pursuing. What about you? Are you more focused on the WHAT or the WAY?  In today’s 5 Minute Drill, I’m going to dig deeper on how to stay elite when going after