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Have you ever been so paralyzed by fear, anxiety, or doubt that you freeze and can’t move or make a decision? I have been stuck in what...

Do you strive to be a transactional leader or a transformational leader? Most of the coaches I know stress the importance of being a...

How do you stay off the emotional roller coaster? How do you stay even through the good and the bad and not ride the wave of emotions?...

Fear is real and can hold you back and keep you from doing and experiencing a lot of great things. Fear stops so many people from going...

Guiding Question:  “Which one guides and controls YOUR actions - your thinking mind or your emotional mind?” Daniel Goleman, author of...

I have been blogging through Daniel Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence. In chapter 12, Goleman writes about the impact of parents on a...

Pat Summitt is considered by many to be the best coach in women’s basketball history. She led the University of Tennessee to 8 National...

Melburn McBroom was a domineering boss, with a temper that intimidated those who worked with him. That fact might have passed unremarked...

Guiding Questions: How often do your emotions or the emotions of those around you affect your decision-making, relationships, and life?...

Guiding Question: How do you get people to do the things they don’t want to do so they can achieve what they want to? Key Takeaways: The...

Guiding Questions: When you mess up, do you need someone beating you up for it, or do you need someone lifting you up? When someone else...

Guiding Question: Are you able to manage, leverage and channel your emotions in a positive and productive way? Key Takeaways: To be...

Guiding Question: When you get worried, anxious, or sad, do you go down a negative spiral, or do you have ways to interrupt those...

Guiding Question(s): Have you ever been so triggered by someone or something that you become engulfed in and swept away by your emotions...

Guiding Questions: Can you become aware of your emotions, especially the most intense ones, and become caught up in them without being...

Guiding Question: Would you say you are more book-smart or more street-smart? Does an effective leader or coach have more book-smarts or...

Guiding Question: When you get attacked (on or off the court/field), do you panic and react, or can you stay calm and respond? Key...

Guiding Question: Which one guides and controls YOUR actions - your thinking mind or your emotional mind? KEY TAKEAWAY: We have two minds...

Leading Question: Do you/should you yell at your athletes? Do you/should you yell at your teammates? Key Takeaway Emotional Intelligence...