fear: Fearing FEAR - 03/18/20 07:41 AM
President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 during his First Inaugural Address said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” He understood how fear can immobilize us; to keep us from moving forward; to stop us from doing what we need to do and to secure the results we need and want.
 
Years ago, I learned this very appropriate acronym for FEAR – False Evidence Appearing Real. How many times do we react to false evidence that we believe is real? Another acronym is False Emotions Appearing Real. Possibly a new acronym could be constructed FE²AR – False Emotions x Evidence … (18 comments)

fear: Weekend Wisdom – Focus Over Comes Fear - 03/08/20 07:02 AM
A colleague of mine, Mike Weinberg, wrote an excellent posting about how to overcome the FEAR of the corona virus. I mentally agreed with him 100%.
 
As an aside, this past week I had the opportunity to reactivate my semi-retired consulting practice with a workshop in Chicago, Il. The purpose of the workshop was to unite a hesitant team filled with FEAR due to some past poor executive leadership.
 
Each team member took two psychometric assessments, DISC and EQ (emotional intelligence). Also, there were 20 – 15-minute interviews in which I asked seven (7) questions. Those interviews helped me to personally connect with … (21 comments)