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Burning Point Blog
A collection of thoughts about life and leadership.
When Values Decide
On the drive home, we had our first serious conversation about drugs.And we talked about helping. We always stop and help when we can.
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Don't Leave the Important Things to Chance.
A long time ago, I decided I would be responsible my holidays. I wasn’t going to leave things to chance, just to be disappointed.
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Saying Yes - And Saying No
“If I say yes to this, what will I need to say no to?”
This is one of my all-time favourite questions for keeping my life on track.
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Debrief, Priorities, and Why I'm Not Sleeping In
Take a minute and ask yourself how the fall has gone. What’s working? What’s not working? What would you do differently?
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Becoming, Part 1
Parenting changes everything.
I cannot agree with this enough, though I’m a slow learner. My son is four and a half and I’ve only just s
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The Power of Deciding Once.
The challenge isn’t the actual thing you have to do. It's the deciding. And repeating the decision-making process dozens of times a day.
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The Emotional Labour of Leading...and Sick Kids
I’m a really good Mom. And I truly love being a parent and taking care of my son.
Except when he’s sick.
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Lessons from the first weeks of school
All behaviour is communicating need. If we can meet the need, we help our kids do their best. And - surprise! - that holds up at work too!
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Micromanaging and Min Specs
Everyone wants independence, but it's so easy to start tightening the reins!
Here's how to stop micromanaging, at work and at home.
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"If you don't debrief it, it didn't happen."
“Mooooom! I’m so BORED!” Super normal experience for a kid. I left him alone for a while to see if he could figure it out.
He could not.
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